Quote Originally Posted by JT Rock View Post
Anyone figure out what a job biscuit is yet?
I have heard that the term originated from a Welsh mine in the 1860's and the miners would refer to their livelihood which not only provided money but the security of food. And thus the words job and biscuit quite naturally became obvious collocations for those particular people. I can only assume that Otley is in some way the distant relative of someone in this particular mining community and that the term has been passed on generation by generation.