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Definition of Subbing
1. Noun. Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence.
Definition of Subbing
1. Verb. (present participle of sub) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subbing
1. a thin coating on the support of a photographic film [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subbing
Literary usage of Subbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young Journalist: His Work and how to Learn it by J. Henry Harris (1902)
"Some young reporters dislike " subbing" and remain reporters for the rest of
their lives, but the young man who wishes to become a complete journalist with ..."
2. Postal Salaries: Hearings, Sixty-sixth Congress, First [second] Session by United States, Congress, Joint Commission on Postal Salaries (1919)
"I say " No " in fair justice to the other substitutes: I say you should go on
record as recommending 80 cents an hour, a limitation of one year's subbing, ..."
3. The Public Organisation of the Labour Market: Being Part Two of the Minority by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1909)
"subbing' is necessary at the commencement of work, as many of the navvies will
probably have tramped long distances to the work, and arrive penniless, ..."
4. Industrial Law by Frank Tillyard (1916)
"to the Truck Acts. It then proceeded to deal with' subbing. ... In the case of
casual workers subbing is almost a necessity, as they may begin a new ..."
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