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nine-to-five
noun
the usual working day; the rut of daily existence US, 1936
Based on an average working day, nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, but applied to regular employment whatever the hours worked, and especially to routine drudgery.- Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’ / Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’ — Dolly Parton, 9 to 5, 1980
- We weren’t married to nine-to-five guys, but the first time I realized how different was when Mickey had a hostess party. — Goodfellas, 1990
- Hell no, they thinkin’ a nine-to-five nigger working at First Jersey or some damn thing. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 321, 1992
- [S]ome glammed-up babe escaping the nine to five[.] — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 93, 2000
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