keep banker's hours

keep banker's hours
keep banker's hours
Fig. to work or be open for business for less than eight hours a day. •

The advertising agency keeps banker's hours. They are only open until four.

James doesn't really work full-time. He keeps banker's hours.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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