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day job, n.
Brit. |ˈdeɪ ˌdʒɒb|, U.S. |ˈdeɪ ˌjɑb|
[‹ day n. + job n.2]
1. A job in which the hours of working are in the daytime (as opposed to a night shift, etc.); (hence) a person's main occupation, usually contrasted with an additional job or a hobby carried out in the evenings or at night.
1886Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 14 Dec. 4/1 The night job was taken by Mr. S. S. Bell,..who left the day job at the American [Hotel] to accept it. 1900Times 27 Oct. 13/2 The men..fill up time-bills and make their charges accordingly—so many day jobs, so many night jobs and so much overtime. 1910F. L. Dyer & T. C. Martin Edison v. 66 This was a ‘day job’ and he did not like it. 1930Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 36 153 Many Negroes hold two jobs: a day job and a sundown job. 1971B. Sidran Black Talk ii. 38 Even today, black musicians call their day jobs ‘a slave’. 1999Madison Apr. 32/2 Copywriters like to brag about the novel or screenplay in progress while lamenting the genius squandered on their day jobs.
2. colloq.don't give up the (also your) day job and variants: expressing dismissal of another's efforts in an (artistic) endeavour, esp. if this contrasts with the person's main occupation.
1973‘Country Gazette’ (title of record) Don't Give Up Your Day Job. 1982N.Y. Times 16 May ii. 31 Mr. Perlman does fine, too, but he probably shouldn't give up the day job just yet. 1988I. Banks Walking on Glass (BNC) 17 It's all right..but..don't give up the day job. 2000S. King On Writing 235 ‘You better not quit your day job just yet!’ is a popular line, usually delivered with a hideous Bob's-yer-uncle grin. |