rocking chair job n.— «I could easily have bribed myself into a rocking chair job in the Army or Navy during the war and would have avoided al the trouble I had.» —“Draft Dodger Bergdoll Denies Bribery in Escape” in...
arm-chair pilot n.— «One sure way to tell the real thing from an arm-chair pilot…put the stick in his hand and give him a job to do.» —in advert. for Chesterfield cigarettes Clearfield Progress (Pa.) Aug. 10...
moon n.— «See the moon—a worker on the job after the regular hours expects to see this, which is his term for overtime.» —“Lumberyard Workers Jargon” by Lumberyard Workers Union; Fearing Lexicon of Trade Jargon ...
scroogie adj.— «Scroogie. Something wrong with a job but the trouble has not been discovered.» —“Material for Trade, Slang and Jargon Dictionary: Sheet Metal Workers” in U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Lexicon of...
roll
v.— «Roll. To obtain another’s job by unfair methods.» —“Mill and Smelter Workers” by Mendelowitz in Ala., Wisc., Mont. Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
gravy job n.— «Meat sauce, gravy job—an easy job involving lots of cutting and no sizing; the worker “sits down and watches it go.”» —“Machinists’ Terminology” by Fearing in Brooklyn Navy Yard Lexicon...