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n. - A person who holds a second job (usually after hours).

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  • If you're a retailer, or a moonlighter, or a newlywed, you'll understand.
  • "He has all he needs," my brother-in-law assured me, of the moonlighter who had agreed to plaster our walls.
  • I remember the occasion of the election of another dispensary doctor, when I was curtly told that only a moonlighter could hope to be appointed.
  • Ealy's pulling a double shift now, wooing Natasha McElhone on Californication, and The Good Wife will soon welcome another moonlighter and former Tony nominee!
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