job lot

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English

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Noun

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job lot (plural job lots)

  1. A large quantity of cheap items.
  2. A quantity of miscellaneous items sold together.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Quotations

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  • “‘We purchased a job lot,’ explained the sergeant.”
- Quoted in Jonson, Ron. The Men Who Stare At Goats Simon & Schuster, New York, 2004, p. 129