day job

noun

: one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job

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Finding yourself constantly excited about your side project while feeling indifferent about your day job signals a meaningful shift in what truly matters to you. Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Despite having a full-time day job as the chief HR officer for a global education company, Triumph Education Group, Geimer has enthusiastically taken on the volunteer position as board president. Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025 Lowe’s day job is representing another English seaside town, Great Yarmouth, in Parliament. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025 The guys had just started playing music together during off-hours from their day jobs as car dealership finance managers and ranchers. Paula Mejía, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for day job

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First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of day job was in 1971

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“Day job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20job. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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