nixer
/ˈnɪksə/noun Irish informal
An extra or irregular job, the income from which is not declared for taxation purposes: an RTE engineer doing a nixer installed the aerials...
- We do nixers, claiming social welfare benefits we're not entitled to.
- I knew the extra money he made doing odd nixers didn't come into our house.
- Many of the anaesthetists are also junior doctors doing the work as a nixer.
Origin
From nix1 + -er1.
- have stars in one's eyes
- have steam coming out of one's ears
- have swallowed a dictionary
- have the advantage of
- have the better of
- have the courage of one's convictions
- have the drop on
- have the face to do something
- have the goodness to do something
- have the heart to do something
- have the hots for
- have the last laugh
- have the legs of
- have the neck to do something
- have the pleasure of something (or of doing something)
- have the time
- have the wood on
- have tickets on oneself
- have to hand it to someone
- have to one's name
- have two left feet
- have what it takes
- havey-cavey
- have —— going for one
- have —— to do with