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单词 bankers' hours
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bankers' hours
bankers' hours n. (also banker's hours) chiefly North American short working hours (with reference to the traditional opening hours of a bank).
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1889 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 20 Sept. 7/3 There is another kind of a fakir... They live high..and keep bankers' hours at the expense of a confiding public.
1963 Washington Post 30 June f11/2 It is well-known that Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara doesn't keep bankers' hours at the Pentagon.
1989 E. Innes & L. Southwick-Trask Financial Post Turning It Around ix. 174 Gentlemanly banker's hours were replaced by 7:00 a.m. meetings, as well as late night and weekend sessions.
2003 New Yorker 3 Mar. 63/3 A post at the U.N. was regarded as a cozy sinecure, with good pay, a diplomatic passport, and bankers' hours.
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