Job lot

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large quantity of cheap items.
  2. 2
    a miscellaneous collection of things sold together wordnet
  3. 3
    A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.

Etymology

Early 19th century. From job + lot (“one or more items auctioned or sold as a unit”). The first part is possibly from Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”).

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