- nine-to-fiver
- noun Date: 1959 one who works at a job with regular daytime hours
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nine-to-fiver
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nine-to-fiver — nine to fiv·er (nīn tə fīʹvər) n. One who works regular daytime hours, as in an office. * * * … Universalium
nine-to-fiver — noun also 9 to 5er ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦fīvə(r) : a person who works at a job with regular daytime hours … Useful english dictionary
nine-to-five — nine to fiver, n. /nuyn teuh fuyv /, adj. Informal. 1. of, pertaining to, or during the workday, esp. the hours from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine to five grind. 2. of, reflecting, or exhibiting… … Universalium
nine-to-five — I. noun also 9 to 5 ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ : a job with regular daytime hours II. adjective or 9 to 5 : of, relating to, being, or having a nine to five * * * … Useful english dictionary
nine-to-five — adjective of or involving typical office hours. noun a nine to five job. Derivatives nine to fiver noun … English new terms dictionary
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worker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. laborer, workman; artisan, craftsman; operator, doer, performer; journeyman, yeoman; Trojan; drudge; mechanic; toiler, moiler. See exertion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. operator, mechanic, machinist,… … English dictionary for students
blue collar — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. *working stiff, *nine to fiver, laborer. II a. wage earning, working class, clock punching, laboring, proletariat, hardworking, factory working, assembly line, unskilled, common, lower class, middle class. ANT.:… … English dictionary for students
worker — [n] person who is employed artisan, blue collar*, breadwinner, company person, craftsperson, employee, hand, help, laborer, nine to fiver*, operative, peasant, proletarian, serf, slave, stiff, toiler, trader, tradesperson, wage earner, white… … New thesaurus
9-to-5er — noun see nine to fiver … Useful english dictionary
