Job's A Good 'un Definition
phrase
Expresses satisfaction that a task has been or will be carried out successfully, often suggesting that the task is simple, or ironically implying that it has been completed in a cursory or slapdash manner.
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Origin of Job's A Good 'un
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Attested in 1968, but probably popularised by footballer Robbie Fowler who, after scoring four goals in a Premier League match against Middlesbrough on 14 December 1996, revealed a t-shirt with the phrase written on it in marker pen . He explained to the press that it was Happy Mondays percussionist Bez 's catchphrase in his segment "Science with Bez" on BBC Two 's The Sunday Show (1995-97).
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