"nine to five" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Typical office work hours in many countries.",
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1980, Dolly Parton (lyrics and music), “9 to 5”",
          "text": "Nine to five, what a way to make a living; barely getting by, it's all taking and no giving.",
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        }
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        "From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m."
      ],
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      "word": "nine while five"
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  "word": "nine to five"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Typical office work hours in many countries.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nine to fives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nine-to-fiver"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Going back to the nine to five after the weekend can be depressing.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson (lyrics and music), “The Bottle”, in Winter in America",
          "text": "He done quit his nine to five, he drink full-time / And now he’s living in a bottle",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 42",
          "text": "\"It's always an early or late shift here - there's never a nine-to-five. I wouldn't like a cosy nine-to-five anyway.",
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        "A typical working day."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bankers' hours"
        },
        {
          "english": "literally 996; 9-to-9 workday and six-day workweek",
          "roman": "jiǔjiǔliù",
          "tags": [
            "Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "九九六"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "workday"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "typical working day",
          "word": "üheksast viieni"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "typical working day",
          "word": "yhdeksästä viiteen"
        }
      ]
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      "word": "nine while five"
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  "word": "nine to five"
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  "etymology_text": "Typical office work hours in many countries.",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1980, Dolly Parton (lyrics and music), “9 to 5”",
          "text": "Nine to five, what a way to make a living; barely getting by, it's all taking and no giving.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m."
      ],
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          "a.m."
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          "p.m.",
          "p.m."
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    {
      "word": "9 to 5"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nine while five"
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  "etymology_text": "Typical office work hours in many countries.",
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      "form": "nine to fives",
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      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    },
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      "roman": "jiǔjiǔliù",
      "tags": [
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    }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Going back to the nine to five after the weekend can be depressing.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson (lyrics and music), “The Bottle”, in Winter in America",
          "text": "He done quit his nine to five, he drink full-time / And now he’s living in a bottle",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 42",
          "text": "\"It's always an early or late shift here - there's never a nine-to-five. I wouldn't like a cosy nine-to-five anyway.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A typical working day."
      ],
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        [
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          "working day"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "workday"
    },
    {
      "word": "9 to 5"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Yorkshire"
      ],
      "word": "nine while five"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "typical working day",
      "word": "üheksast viieni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "typical working day",
      "word": "yhdeksästä viiteen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nine to five"
}

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