day job

From day + job, reflecting the archetypal form: one's job during the daytime, as contrasted with a second job that one works at night, on the night shift or graveyard shift.

1. 01
   derived from choppe — “piece, bargain”
2. 02
   derived from jobben — “to jab, thrust, peck”
3. 03
   inherited from gobbe — “mass, lump”
4. 04
   compounded as day job — “day + job”