the job that a person during the day to earn a living, as opposed to some more glamorous activity such as being a singer, dancer, actor, writer that they aspire to make their main source of income
Sara comes home from her day job at a supermarket and two hours later she's on stageas Maria in the Sound of Music.
2. don't give up the day job
day job in American English
a regular, full-time job, esp. as distinct from some other pursuit that is less remunerative and more uncertain
Word origin
from the usual hours of such a job
Examples of 'day job' in a sentence
day job
Certainly it would appear that his time would have been better spent on the day job back home.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are wives, like my mother, who wonder each night whether her husband will come home after his day job.