odd job
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She also wrote, directed and starred in the defiantly weird comedy “Mandy,” which follows an unemployable woman as she skips from one odd job to the next.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025
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
Olympics host is an odd job, and it has only gotten odder as streaming, real-time coverage of the games has transformed the primetime show into an outdated, flag-waving clip job.
From Slate • Feb. 14, 2018
One Saturday afternoon, Katie had an odd job at Gorling’s, a large department store in Williamsburg.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
