half-timer
One who spends half the usual or full time at anything. spec. a. One who works half-time in a factory.
| 1865 Daily Tel. 3 Nov. 5/5 Now a half-timer will get more than he once did for full time. 1883 Standard 30 Nov. 2/4 A child entered the mill as a half-timer at ten years old. |
b. A half-time scholar: see half-time 3.
| 1870 [see full-timer 1]. 1879 Escott England I. 260 The half-timer [at school] is compelled to be regular in attendance. 1890 Times 19 Sept. 7/5 Half-timers—that is, children who divide their time between the school and the factory. |