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part-time

adjectivecommon in dialogue

  • United States

For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.

adjective

  1. 1

    For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.

    TThere were five dot balls in the first over, bowled by seamer Matt Henry, and only five runs in the second, off Glenn Phillips' part-time spin.

Etymology

From part + time.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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