Slang word of the day: jobber

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jobber

noun

• a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal. Derogatory.

  I refuse to deal with Sean - he's a total jobber.

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  See more words meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail

• object with unspecified name.

  Hand me that jobber over there.

  See more words meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'

• a middleman who buys and sells merchandise.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "A Chili Sauce to Crow About", The New York Times, John T. Edge, May 19 2009

  See more words meaning: business (related to)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)