Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nine-to-fiver

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: nine--to--fiv-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who works a nine-to-five job.

Example Sentences

"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."
"And the welders and the drivers And the old nine to fivers And the regular Joe's of the world"

Etymology

From nine-to-five + -er.

Inflected Forms

nine-to-fivers (plural)

Questions

What does nine-to-fiver mean?: Someone who works a nine-to-five job.
Where does nine-to-fiver come from?: From nine-to-five + -er.

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