Wiktionary
n. An advertisement seeking applicants for a job.
WordNet
n. a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted
Wikipedia
Want ad may refer to:
- Want Ads, a song by Honey Cone
- Classified ad
- Internet bulletin board
- Personal advertisement
Usage examples of "want ad".
I found a want ad from the Weekly in the pocket of one of his jackets.
Farrell had braced himself for the skeletal clench on his fist, for the great black eyes considering him as if he had answered some strange want ad--_look away a little, Frederik said not to stare_--and even for the improbably soft breast feathers, smelling first like nutmeg and fresh straw, and then like old, clean bones in the sun.
Farrell had braced himself for the skeletal clench on his fist, for the great black eyes considering him as if he had answered some strange want ad—.
I saw a want ad in the Sentinel for a bale of cotton and called the number.