Usually means: Primary employment for regular income.
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  1. day job: Merriam-Webster
  2. day job: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. day job: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. day job: Collins English Dictionary
  5. day-job: Wordnik
  6. day job: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. day job: Wiktionary
  8. day job: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. day job: Dictionary.com
  10. Day Job (Suburban Legends album), Day Job (album), Day job: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. day job: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. day job: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  One's principal job; one's regular means of income.

Similar:
plight, task, office job, officiality, office, agent, office work, principalship, life admin, function, more...

Opposite:
night job, part-time job, side job

Types:
career, vocation, profession, employment, work, more...

Phrases:
don't give up the day job, dont give up the day job, more...

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Similar:
plight, task, office job, officiality, office, agent, office work, principalship, life admin, function, more...

Opposite:
night job, part-time job, side job

Types:
career, vocation, profession, employment, work, more...

Phrases:
don't give up the day job, dont give up the day job, more...



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