bob-a-job
The practice of children undertaking to do small jobs around the home, originally for…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.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, historical, uncountable)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.
Origin
See bob (“shilling”). The first Bob a Job Week was in April 1949.See bob (“shilling”). The first Bob a Job Week was in April 1949.
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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