9 to 5
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noun
9 to 5
A job where you work from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm. "While your were at your job working nine to five, the Beastie Boys were at the garden cold kickin' it live!" -- Beastie Boys (No sleep till Brooklyn [1986]).
This is not just a hip-hop term. Dolly Parton, a country singer, sings the title song from the movie "Nine to Five": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080319/
