2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain;
as, a jobbing politician. --London Sat. Rev.
[1913 Webster]
{Jobbing house}, a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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