floater

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a small spot inside a person's eye that they see moving up and down or from side to side

someone who does a lot of different jobs in an organization:

He had worked as a floater, assigned to any of the fire stations across the county as the need arose.

in cricket, an occasion where a player bowls (= throws the ball to the batter) so that the ball curves slowly in the air towards or away from the batter:

She drew the batter with a lovely floater that spun and took the edge of the bat.

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a person with no fixed duties who is employed to move from job to job as needed