lump work

English

Noun

lump work (uncountable)

1. (dated) Work contracted for, or taken by the lump.
   • 1875, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, volume 61, page 5:

     It must have been at the latter end of January that I began to work lump work; it was at my own suggestion that I commenced it, because I could make more money; […]

   • 1926, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, page 26:

     Neither shall any journeyman who is a member of the party of the second part be permitted to take piece or lump work in any shape or manner, nor work for any owner or contractor who does lump work […]

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary