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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Job n. The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man.
 Job's comforter. (a) A false friend; a tactless or malicious person who, under pretense of sympathy, insinuates rebukes. (b) A boil. [Colloq.]
 Job's news, bad news. --Carlyle.
 Job's tears Bot., a kind of grass (Coix Lacryma), with hard, shining, pearly grains.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Job's tears
      n : hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads