odd job
Example Sentences
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When a young Simon Warrack took an odd job as an extra in an Italian film about Marco Polo, he hardly could have expected it to open the door to his dream job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
For Wang, the prestigious literary prize comes after a few difficult decades as an odd job worker.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
She finds purpose where she can, taking care of her family, picking up the occasional odd job, babysitting for relatives and friends.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2021
Being a diplomat for the world’s most undiplomatic regime must be an odd job.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
Money would come in—and with it, food—on the rare occasion that Dad landed an odd job or Mom received a check from the oil company leasing the drilling rights on her land in Texas.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
