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What does "job" mean in the text below?
Here's an extract from The catcher in the rye by J. D. Salinger;
My brother just got a Jaguar. One of those little English jobs that can do around two hundred miles an hour. It cost him damn near four thousand bucks.
10 Mar 2013 04:01
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It's an uncommon use of the word 'job', which normally means 'work'. However, occasionally it can be used to refer to an item upon which a job was done in a specific manner. In this case, it's a car that was made in England and has the characteristics of a specifically English-made car; therefore it is an "English job".
Think of it as a complex synonym for "specific item".
10 Mart 2013
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From Thefreedictionary:
Informal - An example of a specified type, especially of something made or constructed. Often used in combination: a new building that is just another glass and steel job; a cowboy hat that is one of those ten-gallon jobs.
10 Mart 2013
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