Anagrams of: JAWBONING_

• To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.

• Persistent persuasive talk.

• the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

• talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

• To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.

• To work as a jobber.

• To take the loss.

• To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.

• (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

• To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

• To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

• To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

• To hire or let in periods of service.

• Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.

• The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.

• Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.

• That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available.

• characterized by jokes and good humor

• a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

• an evil spell

• cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

• foredoom to failure

• a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution