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bob-a-job

bob-a-job
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bob ey job]
    • /bɒb eɪ dʒɒb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bob ey job]
    • /bɒb eɪ dʒɒb/

Definitions of bob-a-job word

  • noun bob-a-job a fundraising activity that involved boy scouts knocking on doors and offering to do jobs for one shilling 3
  • noun bob-a-job (Britain, historical) The practice of children undertaking to do small jobs around the home, originally for a charge of one shilling, traditionally offered by boy scouts during a designated week of the year. 0

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Parts of speech for Bob-a-job

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bob-a-job popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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