working-day

[ wur-king-dey ]

/ ˈwɜr kɪŋˌdeɪ /

workaday; everyday.

Origin of working-day

First recorded in 1470–80

working day

the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.

a day ordinarily given to working (distinguished from holiday).

the daily period of hours for working.

First recorded in 1525–35

She breathed with difficulty in the atmosphere of this 'working-day world,' and withdrew from it as much as possible.

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected |Anna Jameson
I was quite excited about it myself, and could hardly wait for tomorrow's working-day to begin again.

Wanderers |Knut Hamsun
Making it a working-day, and thus preventing attendance at church.

An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism |Joseph Stump
During eighteen months—until the autumn of 1864, Ivan's working-day averaged fourteen hours.

The Genius |Margaret Horton Potter

However, even here the chances are two to one, or somewhat more, in favour of the day of your arrival being a working-day.

Rome in 1860 |Edward Dicey

working day

a day on which work is done, esp for an agreed or stipulated number of hours in return for a salary or wage

the part of the day allocated to work a seven-hour working day

(often plural) commerce any day of the week except Sunday, public holidays, and, in some cases, Saturday