1678. Butler, Hudibras, III. ii. 1007. And powder'd th' inside of his skull, Instead of th' outward jobbernol.
1716. Dryden, Counterscuffle, [in Misc. 12mo, iii. 340]. No remedy in courts of Pauls, In common pleas, or in the rolls, For jolling of your jobbernouls together.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1791. G. Huddesford, Salmagundi, p. 93. Crack'd ev'n the Sexton's jobberknowl, And spoil'd him for saying Amen.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, Book iv. ch. i. 'What we now call a 'belcher' bound his throat; a spotted fogle bandaged his jobbernowl, and shaded his right peeper.'
1837. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, (Lord of Thoulouse). So find me out something new under the sun, Or I'll knock your three jobbernowls all into one!
2. (old).—See quot. 1690. For synonyms see Buffle and Cabbage-head.
1598. Marston, Satires, II, vi. 200. His guts are in his brains, huge jobbernoule, Right gurnet's head, the rest without all soule.
1690. B.E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Jobbernoll, a very silly fellow.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1768. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, iv. 17, p. 260. Thou simple animal, thou jobbernole, Thy basons, when that once they hang on pole, Are helmets strait.
JOBBER, subs. (old: now recognised).—1.
One who purchases goods in
bulk and is the medium of their
distribution; a middleman.
1662. Rump Songs, i. 79. Weavers, Dyers, Tinkers, Cobblers, And many other such like jobbers.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Badgers, Matchmakers, Salesmen, Stockjobbers.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
2. (colloquial).—See Job, subs. sense 2.
JOBBER-KNOT (or Jobber nut), subs.
(old).—A tall ungainly fellow.
1823. Modern Flash Dict., s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
JOBBERY, subs. (colloquial).—The
practice of political corruption; the
employment of unfair means to
public or private advantage.
1857. Dickens, Dorrit, II. xii. 351. Mr. Merdle had decided to cast the weight of his great probity and great riches into the Barnacle scale. Jobbery was suspected by the malicious.
JOBBING, subs. (venery).—Copulation.
For synonyms see Greens
and Ride.
1720. Ramsay, 'Epistle to Lord Ramsay', in Wks. (1848), ii. 326. And compliment them with a clap Which by oft jobbing grows a pox.
JOBE. See Job, verb. sense 3.
JOB'S-COMFORT, subs, (old: now colloquial).—Reproof
instead of consolation.
Hence Job's-comforter
= a sharp-tongued friend:
also = a boil (in allusion to Job
ii, 7.). Job's-news = bad news;
Job's-post = a messenger of bad
news; As poor as Job's turkey
= (see quot. 1871). Job's-WIFE
= a whoring scold. Job's-DOCK = a
hospital; Job's-WARD = a ward
for the treatment of venereal
diseases.
1738. Swift, Polite Convers., Dial. 3. Lady Smart. . . . I think your ladyship looks thinner than when I saw you last. Miss. Indeed, madam, I think not; but your ladyship is one of Job's COMFORTERS.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v. Job's Comfort and Job's Comforter and Job's Dock.
1837. Carlyle, French Revolution, iii. 3. ch. 4. From home there can nothing come except Job's-news. Ibid. This Job's post from Dumouriez . . . reached the National Convention.
