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nine-to-fivers

nine-to-fivers is the plural of nine-to-fiver.

Meaning of nine-to-fiver

Noun

nine-to-fiver (plural nine-to-fivers)

  1. Someone who works a nine-to-five job.
    • The men and women who walk here are an unassuming lot, less the cell-phoned swells of the new Bryant Park than nine-to-fivers needing a smoke.1998 August 7, Thomas Mallon, “My Manhattan: Once-Famous Faces Watch Over a Park”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27...

Questions about nine-to-fivers

What is nine-to-fivers the plural of?
Nine-to-fivers is the plural of nine-to-fiver.

Words near nine-to-fivers in the dictionary

  1. nine-timer
  2. nine-timers
  3. nine-to-five
  4. nine-to-fived
  5. nine-to-fiver
  6. nine-to-fivers
  7. nine-to-fives
  8. nine-to-fiving
  9. Ninebanks
  10. ninebark
  11. ninebarks

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