Jobbery

Thinks I to myself, this is what Mr. Hume would have, in the Commons House, called jobbery, and a poor kind of job it turned out; for, on inspecting the lime juice at Port Royal, some of it was condemned as unfit for use. ❋ Frederick Hoffman (N/A)

Addressing a business breakfast attended by several former mayors in Somerset West, he claimed the ANC/NNP had even resorted to bribery and intimidation and the worst kind of "jobbery". ❋ Unknown (2002)

One can bear coldly the jobbery of enemies, but not that of friends, and to Adams this kind of jobbery seemed always infinitely worse than all the petty money bribes ever exploited by the newspapers. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Unlike other towns of the West, it was insanitary and uneducated; it was also given to nepotism and a primitive kind of jobbery; but, on the whole, it was honest. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

I want to make it quite clear that I shall never tolerate any kind of jobbery, nepotism or any influence directly or indirectly brought to bear upon me. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even complete nut-jobbery is fascinatingly entertaining. ❋ Chris Weigant (2011)

Dems have been elevating Tea Party whack-jobbery for months now. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Though there are good reasons to wonder how effective it is, Dems have doubled down on a strategy of relentlessly elevating Tea Party whack-jobbery to turn moderates independents against the GOP. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reason being is that Petraeus is a smart guy - one doubts he seriously subscribes to the notion that corruption is some inherently Afghan deformity, especially considering a cursory reading of history informs that prior to the Soviet invasion in 1979 jobbery was no worse in Afghanistan than it was in the United States when, odds are, graft was worse in Chicago than Kabul. ❋ Michael Hughes (2010)

It was necessary to make appeals to the public which would bring quite other motives to the support of the enterprise and win the consent of classes who would never consent to either financial or political jobbery. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, your whole blog is one sarcastically phenomenal parody of right-wing whack-jobbery. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There are many kinds of manipulation and jobbery that go on actually existing capital and finance markets that deserve criticism, and the Left, including Martens, have some wise and insightful things to say on this point. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Merdle had decided to cast the weight of his great probity and great riches into the Barnacle scale. jobbery was suspected by the malicious; perhaps because it was indisputable that if the adherence of the immortal ❋ Unknown (2007)

Man, [Target] is a [great] [place] for Below-Jobbery. ❋ Gary Coleman IV (2008)

- Hey, did you see Mercedes [Carrera] was denied her guest spot on the [SXSW] panel because she upset an SJW? - Yeah, those Social Jobbery Warriors get special treatment when they claim harassment, yet tell people to "[go burn in a fire]" on a daily basis ❋ Anna_Cherry (2016)