day job
nounDefinition of day job
: one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job
Examples of day job in a Sentence
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Virtually every Democratic candidate, with a day job or not, was in Iowa last week, visiting the must-stop state fair and a Democratic dinner that featured each of them with five-minute speeches. — Tal Kopan, SFChronicle.com, "Kamala Harris has missed plenty of votes while campaigning. She’s not alone," 13 Aug. 2019 Hawkins was working a day job at a local automotive body shop. — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "Swampers drum legend’s hot beats and cold winter," 7 Aug. 2019 Marissa Federspiel has a full-time day job at a hardware store. — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, "“People shouldn’t have to work so hard just to make ends meet”," 18 July 2019 But as a dad, he’s also taken the route of holding down a day job as a driver for the ride-sharing app. — Time, "This Opera-Singing Uber Driver Rides His Way to a Five-Star Rating," 15 July 2019 Despite the prestigious day job, her heart never strayed from singing and playing. — Chrissie Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Cassandra Jenkins steps into the limelight with 'Red Lips' video," 14 Feb. 2018 Julien might want to stick with his day job riding horses. — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, "Morning Coffee: Louisville basketball's Jeff Walz is flipping out — in a good way," 30 July 2019 For a long time after starting her own company in 2015, Ms. Hue worked 16-hour days juggling a day job for another firm while getting her new venture off the ground. — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, "Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War.," 30 July 2019 My day job is a five-minute walk to the Ohio City location. — John Benson, cleveland.com, "Ohio City Burrito announces third location to open next month in Lakewood," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'day job.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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