[f. JOB sb.2 + MASTER sb.]
1. A man who keeps a livery stable and lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a definite period: cf. JOB sb.2 7.
1802. Sporting Mag., XX. 182/2. A very respectable job-master and hackney-man.
1886. Leeds Mercury, 9 March, 5/3. A meeting of coachbuilders and jobmasters of Leeds.
1893. Spectator, 29 July, 136. A jobmaster … who had a great many horses in his stable.
2. A master printer who does job-work.
1824. J. Johnson, Typogr., II. 578. Job Masters’ Resolutions.
So Job-mistress, a woman who lets out horses and carriages.
1885. Law Rep. 14 Queen’s Bench Div. 893. The defendants … hired the horses and a driver from a job-mistress.
