Dayworker vs Daywork - What's the difference?
dayworker | daywork | Derived terms |
Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.
*1979 , , Smiley's People , Folio Society 2010, p. 257:
*:‘The task of servicing such moles is not entrusted to normal overseas residencies but to a Karla representative, as he is known, usually a military officer, whose daywork is to be an attaché of an Embassy.’