jobmaster, job-master
(ˈdʒɒbˌmɑːstə(r), -æ-)
[f. job n.2 + master n.]
1. A man who keeps a livery stable and lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a definite period: cf. job n.2 7.
| 1802 Sporting Mag. XX. 182 A very respectable job⁓master and hackney-man. 1886 Leeds Merc. 9 Mar. 5/4 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 ˈjob-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. |