double-dip

double-dip
double-dipper, n.
/dub"euhl dip"/, v., double-dipped, double-dipping, adj.
v.i.
1. Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, esp. to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a double dip.
[1960-65]

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