nine-to-fivern.

Brit.

/ˌnʌɪntəˈfʌɪvə/, U.S.

/ˌnaɪntəˈfaɪvər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nine n., to prep., five n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < nine n. + to prep. + five n. + -er suffix¹, after nine to five adj.

A person who works routinely between the standard office hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours

night worker1601

daysman?1614

nightman1620

dayworker1802

dayman1821

full-timer1839

whole-timer1840

all-night man1861

part-timer1886

all-timer1891

over-timer1910

Saturdayite1932

nine-to-fiver1945

1945 Winnipeg Free Press 6 Dec. 4/3 (advt.) An office nine-to-fiver like me needs to do some fancy sprinting when she's her own cook and bottle-washer.

1955 Ld. Kilbracken Living like Lord Pref. 12 I swore then and there..that I would never be a nine-to-fiver.

1966 O. Norton School of Liars i. 19 ‘I hate having my corn measured by someone else's bushel. Especially when it's a tinpot suburban bushel. The nine-to-five world.’ That amused him. ‘But you're a nine-to-fiver's wife.’

1972 F. Warner Lying Figures ii. 9 I couldn't stand a nine-to-fiver.

1987 Sunday Express Mag. 7 June 30/2 It sounds cushy, but its not for regular nine-to-fivers.

2001 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 15 Sept. l13 ‘I'm not a nine-to-fiver,’ he says, hinting at the amount of entertaining he has to do.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nine-to-fiver
释义	nine-to-fivern. Brit. /ˌnʌɪntəˈfʌɪvə/, U.S. /ˌnaɪntəˈfaɪvər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nine n., to prep., five n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < nine n. + to prep. + five n. + -er suffix¹, after nine to five adj. A person who works routinely between the standard office hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours night worker1601 daysman?1614 nightman1620 dayworker1802 dayman1821 full-timer1839 whole-timer1840 all-night man1861 part-timer1886 all-timer1891 over-timer1910 Saturdayite1932 nine-to-fiver1945 1945 Winnipeg Free Press 6 Dec. 4/3 (advt.) An office nine-to-fiver like me needs to do some fancy sprinting when she's her own cook and bottle-washer. 1955 Ld. Kilbracken Living like Lord Pref. 12 I swore then and there..that I would never be a nine-to-fiver. 1966 O. Norton School of Liars i. 19 ‘I hate having my corn measured by someone else's bushel. Especially when it's a tinpot suburban bushel. The nine-to-five world.’ That amused him. ‘But you're a nine-to-fiver's wife.’ 1972 F. Warner Lying Figures ii. 9 I couldn't stand a nine-to-fiver. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 7 June 30/2 It sounds cushy, but its not for regular nine-to-fivers. 2001 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 15 Sept. l13 ‘I'm not a nine-to-fiver,’ he says, hinting at the amount of entertaining he has to do. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1945
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