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Wreck a job by performing a lot of nonsense (11)

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I believe the answer is:

jabberwocky

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'nonsense' is the definition.
(I know that Jabberwocky is a type of nonsense)

'wreck a job by performing' is the wordplay.
'performing' indicates an anagram (the letters move around or 'perform').
'wreck'+'a'+'job'+'by'='wreckajobby'
'wreckajobby' anagrammed gives 'JABBERWOCKY'.

'a lot of' is the link.
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(Other definitions for jabberwocky that I've seen before include "Lewis Carroll nonsense poem" , "Twas brillig poem" , "Lewis Carroll poem from "Through the Looking Glass"" , "Nonsense poem in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass" .)

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