Usually means: Employee nearing end of tenure.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. short-timer: Merriam-Webster
  2. short-timer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. short-timer: Wordnik
  4. short-timer: Wiktionary
  5. short-timer: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. short-timer: Dictionary.com
  7. short-timer: Online Etymology Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. short-timer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (short-timer)

noun:  (US, military slang, historical) A soldier during the Vietnam War who had less than two months to serve.
noun:  (military) A person who would not be required to do a difficult or dangerous task.
noun:  (colloquial) An employee who has given notice of their intent to leave.
noun:  (colloquial) The customer of a prostitute.

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