nine-to-fiver

English

Etymology

nine-to-five + -er

Noun

nine-to-fiver (plural nine-to-fivers)

  1. Someone who works a nine-to-five job.
    • 2011, Toby Keith, Clancy's Tavern:
      And the welders and the drivers
      And the old nine to fivers
      And the regular Joe's of the world
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