odd job

English

Noun

odd job (plural odd jobs)

1. Temporary employment.
2. Task of an incidental, unspecialized nature.
   • 1910, P. G. Wodehouse, The Intrusion of Jimmy, ch. 1,

     He moved all over the States, without a cent, picking up any odd job he could get.

Usage notes

• Often used in the plural form.

Translations

temporary job

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨時工 (zh), 临时工 (zh) (línshígōng)

• Finnish: pätkätyö (fi), silpputyö

• German: Zeitarbeit (de) f
• Italian: lavoro occasionale m
• Russian: вре́менная рабо́та f (vrémennaja rabóta)

task of incidental nature

• Finnish: hanttihomma, hanttityö, aputyö (fi)
• German: Gelegenheitsarbeit f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: småjobb m

  Nynorsk: småjobb m

• Portuguese: biscate (pt) m
• Russian: случа́йная рабо́та f (slučájnaja rabóta)