"day job" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: day jobs [plural]
Etymology: From day + job, reflecting the archetypal form: one's job during the daytime, as contrasted with a second job that one works at night, on the night shift or graveyard shift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|day|job}} day + job Head templates: {{en-noun}} day job (plural day jobs)
  1. One's principal job; one's regular means of income. Synonyms: dayjob Derived forms: don't give up your day job Related terms: be on days, day labor, day laborer, day shift, 9 to 5, moonlighting

Inflected forms

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