Definition of "half-timer" []

• One who works or is engaged in doing something only half the usual or allotted time; specifically, in Great Britain, a pupil in an elementary school who is entitled to partial exemption from attendance while engaged in some proper employment. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "When I joined CNET as a half-timer I realized that the pace of an Internet company was such that I needed to be in the office every day, from 8:30 to 5:30."
• "In the textile works of Messrs. Baxter Brothers & Company she became what was known as a half-timer, one who wrought half the day and went to the school in connection with the works the other half."
• ""I shall be glad when he's schoolin's over," the mother said; and she had applied for a "labour certificate" which would allow him to finish school as a "half-timer," and to go out and earn a little money."