Examples of “jobber” in a Sentence

noun Someone who is paid for each piece of work they do, or who finds other people to do such work.

• In the Mills there existed a usage under which a worker was first appointed as a Cleaner then an Oiler and thereafter promoted as a Jobber. — The Industrial Court Reporter (1976)

noun An actor hired for a short time to play one particular part, often with a touring theater company.

• Jobbers are used as needed. — J. Allen, The 1986 Summer Theater Guide (1986)

noun A trader who buys goods and sells them on to others.

• It is usually best to choose a book jobber to handle the bulk of a library's purchases. — John Boyd Corbin, A Technical Services Manual for Small Libraries (1965)