nixer
nixer noun: a job or income which is in addition to one's normal employment, generally done in the evening or on weekends; originally, work for payment that was not declared for taxation, now any work that is not part of one's regular job.
Noun
nixer (plural nixers)
- A job or income which is in addition to one's normal employment, generally done in the evening or on weekends; originally, work for payment that was not declared for taxation, now any work that is not part of one's regular job.
- 'Ciara, you were getting very well paid. Over the odds in fact. And doing the odd nixer is a hell of a lot different from defrauding your employers,' Devlin retorted angrily.2000, Patricia Scanlan, City Lives, Random House (Bantam Books), page 385
- 2002 [Ashgate Publishing], Ullrich Kockel, Regional Culture and Economic Development, 2017, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 51,
Although this advice was given with a view to allowing Séamus to continue in farming while maintaining his factory job, the success of this innovation, which was...
Forms of nixer
| plural | nixers |
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Origin of nixer
From nix + -er.
Questions about nixer
- What does nixer mean?
- Nixer means a job or income which is in addition to one's normal employment, generally done in the evening or on weekends; originally, work for payment that was not declared for taxation, now any work that is not part of one's regular job.
- What part of speech is nixer?
- Nixer is a noun.
- What is the plural of nixer?
- The plural of nixer is nixers.
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