day job
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day job
n.
One's primary job, usually at daytime and enabling one to pursue a secondary activity from which one would eventually like to draw an income: "She took a day job as a bank teller in Lubbock; nights, she played in pickup games, but she didn't have a trainer, a coach, or a team" (Elizabeth Royte).
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categories related to 'day job'
- Labor - day job: temporary or part-time position, esp. in field other than one’s primary vocation
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