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- noun Plural form of
moonlighter .
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Examples
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So-called moonlighters comprise 5 percent of the working population.
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These people are called moonlighters, and the risk they run of losing their lives or their liberty is, to say the least, very great.
Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation James Otis 1880
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The number of workers who hold down more than one job with so-called moonlighters comprising 5 percent of the working population.
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The number of workers who hold down more than one job with so-called moonlighters comprising 5 percent of the working population.
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The number of workers who hold down more than one job with so-called moonlighters comprising 5 percent of the working population.
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The number of workers who hold down more than one job with so-called moonlighters comprising 5 percent of the working population.
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His enthusiasm for the game, however, was unbounded, and I have been told by an old Rangers 'man that he was one of the original "moonlighters" of the club.
Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone
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Curtin, murdered in his own house by "moonlighters": --
Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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Since its wider launch in 2008, however, the company says that it's seen a slightly different market emerge whereby the site, which claims a community of 40,000 freelancers, is appealing to home-workers and 'moonlighters' offering of a range of services, not just those found in traditional freelance sectors like IT.
British Blogs TechCrunch Europe 2010
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White-collar moonlighters face some touchy issues with employers.
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