noun
Meaning 1
A large quantity of cheap items.
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
job lot
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noun
Meaning 2
A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, odds and ends, oddments, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler
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noun
Meaning 3
a miscellaneous collection of things sold together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
History
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”).