Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who works regular daytime hours, as in an office.
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- noun Someone who works a
nine-to-five job.
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Examples
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All this is to say that this week I'm a working man, a nine-to-fiver, so bye-bye to my indolent life.
One For The Table: Capizzi One For The Table 2011
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One, who is hiding from the law and has ties to the meth trade, is too much of a bruiser; another, a nine-to-fiver at the electric company, is too conventional: "Don't you ever want to do anything more than fish and shoot?" the puzzled man asks her.
Unfamiliar Journeys Sam Sacks 2011
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All this is to say that this week I'm a working man, a nine-to-fiver, so bye-bye to my indolent life.
One For The Table: Capizzi One For The Table 2011
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All this is to say that this week I'm a working man, a nine-to-fiver, so bye-bye to my indolent life.
One For The Table: Capizzi One For The Table 2011
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All this is to say that this week I'm a working man, a nine-to-fiver, so bye-bye to my indolent life.
One For The Table: Capizzi One For The Table 2011
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One way to make up for lost time during the workday is to enlist the help of a business partner who isn't a nine-to-fiver.
A Toe in the Water 2009
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They waived the restrictions about having a job lined up for a nine-to-fiver.
Things be lookin' up! girlwithoutfear 2008
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Sitting behind a desk as a nine-to-fiver runs counter to their Marco Polo instincts of discovery.
Travel Section Launches New Blog Nancy Kerr 2007
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Sitting behind a desk as a nine-to-fiver runs counter to their Marco Polo instincts of discovery.
Travel Section Launches New Blog Nancy Kerr 2007
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For a time in the 80s he was just another nine-to-fiver, an electrician with a hard-ass boss.
Sex, Drugs, and Soybeans Windolf, Jim 2007
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