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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "job", "3": "ster" }, "expansion": "job + -ster", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "Derived from job + -ster.", "forms": [ { "form": "jobsters", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "jobster (plural jobsters)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -ster", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1913, Munsey's Magazine, volume 48, page 19", "text": "[…] this system will be ended, because nominations will be made at the primaries, in orderly, law-governed fashion — made by the people, not by the jobsters and bosses.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A corrupt official; a corrupt public servant." ], "id": "en-jobster-en-noun-0S9rx2Ce", "links": [ [ "corrupt", "corrupt" ], [ "official", "official" ], [ "public servant", "public servant" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɑb.stɚ/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɒb.stə/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɒbstə(ɹ)" } ], "word": "jobster" }
{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "job", "3": "ster" }, "expansion": "job + -ster", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "Derived from job + -ster.", "forms": [ { "form": "jobsters", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "jobster (plural jobsters)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English 2-syllable words", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms suffixed with -ster", "English terms with IPA pronunciation", "English terms with quotations", "Quotation templates to be cleaned", "Rhymes:English/ɒbstə(ɹ)", "Rhymes:English/ɒbstə(ɹ)/2 syllables" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1913, Munsey's Magazine, volume 48, page 19", "text": "[…] this system will be ended, because nominations will be made at the primaries, in orderly, law-governed fashion — made by the people, not by the jobsters and bosses.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A corrupt official; a corrupt public servant." ], "links": [ [ "corrupt", "corrupt" ], [ "official", "official" ], [ "public servant", "public servant" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɑb.stɚ/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɒb.stə/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɒbstə(ɹ)" } ], "word": "jobster" }
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