job's

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

Tears. The seeds of Coix lachryma, whichare used for necklace-making by the native tribes on the CapeYork peninsula, are there called Job's tears.

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job's comfort
Reproof instead of consolation. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
job's comforter
One who brings news of some additional misfortune. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
job's dock
He is laid up in Job's dock; i.e. in a salivation. The apartments for the foul or venereal patients ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
poor as job's turkey
A common simile. The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.