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chì jọòbù

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. cheat; unlawfully use part of another's time in attending to one's needs (e.g. as a clerk who secretly fills in football coupons in the office); do petty job as a sideline

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Dialect & variants

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Examples

Ndị odeakwụkwọ ụfọdụ na-achị jọọbù n'oge ọrụ.

— Some clerks do a sideline during working hours.

Ị na-achị jọọbù n'oge ọrụ gị?

— Do you do a sideline during your working hours?

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