Nine-to-fiver

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who works a nine-to-five job.

    "And the welders and the drivers And the old nine to fivers And the regular Joe's of the world"

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"And the welders and the drivers And the old nine to fivers And the regular Joe's of the world"

Etymology

From nine-to-five + -er.

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