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nixers

nixers is the plural of nixer.

Meaning of nixer

Noun

nixer (plural nixers)

  1. (Ireland, slang) 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

Questions about nixers

What is nixers the plural of?
Nixers is the plural of nixer.

Words near nixers in the dictionary

  1. nix
  2. nix off
  3. nixe
  4. nixed
  5. nixer
  6. nixers
  7. nixes
  8. Nixey
  9. nixie
  10. Nixie tube
  11. Nixie tubes

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