subs. phr. (common).—A funeral. Mr. H. J. Byron, in his annotated copy of the Slang Dictionary states ‘it was the late Lord Portsmouth’s hobby to attend all the BLACK JOBS he could hear of’: see BLACK WORK.
1866. YATES, Land at Last, I., 101. ‘What, a funeral mute?’ ‘Yes, Sir, BLACK-JOB business,’ etc.
