nixer

2nd job done illegally or without reporting for tax purposes. Can often be done on time paid for by main employment, or with material from main employment.

Garbage worker getting paid for picking up a bin which is not officially on his paid for route. He is paid by the bin owner, and his employer is not aware that the waste is going on his truck.

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boycott

Word originated in County Mayo, Ireland where an English absentee landlord called Captain Boycott expected his tenants to harvest his crops as part of their rent. The tenants refused to deal with him and the word boycott was added to the English language. The landlord and his family were totally ignnored and their crops rotted without harvesting.

Similar to the term "sent to Coventry".

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