10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ODD-JOBMAN»
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odd-jobman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
odd-jobman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... as management theory has suggested1, in reality the redundant professional
cobbles together a role as the 'odd-jobman' of the white-collar workforce,
constantly pitching for temporary assignments with companies which need
experienced ...
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Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... anomaly, character, curiosity, eccentricity, freak, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, misfit
, peculiarity, phenomenon, quirk, rarity odd job chore odd-jobber handyman odd-
jobman orra oddly amusing droll oddly flecked or streaked freaked odd-man-out
...
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Pomes a Wry Look at Life and Everything
I am a lonely odd jobman I keep mygear inmywhitevan I am proud I have a skill
When I work I get a thrill I'll do almost allyou want Even if Ipuff and grunt Laying
concrete down for paths Making trellises from laths Doing things just gives me joy
...
4
The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century
So while he may not always have conformed to the popular caricature of the odd-
jobman, working is sacristan and cantor, digging graves, sweeping the church (a
rare occurrence), doing some work in his garden, and, in what time there was ...
Outside Tellson's—never by any means in it, unless called in—was an odd-
jobman, an occasional porter and messenger, who served as the live sign of the
house. He was never absent during business hours, unless upon an errand, and
then ...
6
Bad Dreams Good Dreams: A Vajrayani Writes While Learning ...
Odd-Jobman I am the odd-jobman. I tend the calculator. I mend the ghetto blaster
. I live in a housing cluster. I am the odd-jobman. I press a computer. I tinker with
a video recorder. I am the odd-jobman. I polish smooth cylinders. I demolish ...
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Beijing Spring, 1989: Confrontation and Conflict: The Basic ...
When transferred to this or that job in the past, I went alone, not taking even an
odd-jobman. Small coteries do people great harm! Many faults come from this,
and errors derive from this. You are to work in the frontline; therefore I talk about
this ...
Michel Oksenberg, Lawrence R. Sullivan, Marc Lambert, 1990
In prison, Pichler had had to work as an odd-jobman and one of his jobs had
been to take Engleitner his meals. At that time, however, the two had not known
each other. Now, when Pichler answered the door and saw Engleitner standing ...
Bernhard Rammerstorfer, 2013
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P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master
There was a morning secretary to keep the household-expenses books, an
afternoon secretary to deal with Ethel's many business interests, a cook, a butler,
a kitchen maid, a footman, two housemaids, onelady's maid, one odd-jobman, ...
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Police Reform in China
... police as members of the village and servants of the people arejacks of all
trades with amorphous roles and ill-defined functions: part law enforcer, part
mediator, part order maintainer, and last, but not least, mostly odd-jobman (
qinwuyuan).
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ODD-JOBMAN»
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odd-jobman is used in the context of the following news items.
Unsolved Murders: Dad-of-two vanished without a trace
He was an odd-jobman who would do a bit of anything. He was a happy-go-lucky kind of a lad.” Mr Baines was one of nine children and rarely ... «Blackpool Gazette, Nov 11»
LIZ JONES: Try moving down here - then tell me we're a tolerant …
I had an argument the other day with a forty-something odd-jobman-cum-antiques dealer. He told me he was going to vote UKIP because he ... «Daily Mail, Apr 10»
