"bob-a-job" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: See bob (“shilling”). The first Bob a Job Week was in April 1949. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bob||shilling}} bob (“shilling”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bob-a-job (uncountable)
  1. (British, 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. Tags: British, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Scouting Related terms: bob-job

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