1685. Autobiography of Sir J. Bramston. The king had talked
earnestly to the duke and jobed him soe that the teares stood in
his eyes.
1754. B. Martin, Eng. Dict., 2nd ed. s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1794. Gent. Mag., p. 1085. I heard a lively young man assert that,
in consequence of an intimation from the tutor relative to his
irregularities, his own father came from the country to jobe him.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1837–40. Haliburton, The Clockmaker [ed. 1862] p. 471. I am as weak
as a child, and can’t stand Jobeing.