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night job

noun

Etymology

From night + job.

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

Definitions

  1. A side job worked at night.

    • I'm no expert on this stuff. This is just my night job. The day shift people can give you more advice on which model to buy and how to use it.

  2. A job (project or task) that will or must be done at night.

    • To avoid disrupting rush hour traffic, the highway department declared that the bridge maintenance would be a night job.
    • He got out of road work and into home remodel contracting because they kept putting him on all the night jobs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA