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9 to 5
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A day job, especially at a large company (emphasizing banality).
"1976 March, advertisement, Popular Mechanics, page 44, By day, he′s a 9-to-5 man. By night, an explorer in a field that really interests him!"
- 2 The workday itself (the period of the day between 9 am and 5 pm).
"[D]uring his heyday, Bill Rodgers emphatically stated, “No runner working 9 to 5 can beat me”, attesting that training for elite distance competition had become a full-time job in itself."
- 3 One who works in a job from 9 am to 5 pm.
"Stock markets crash, businesses go bankrupt, and 9-to-5s can disappear from layoffs and downsizing."
Etymology
From the common western business hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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