Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a phr. used to point up the tedium of quotidian existence.

[1892		United Labor (Independence, KS) 15 Sept. 1/3: I am compelled to go back and labor another day for another dollar to get my child’s shoes].
1907		Brooklyn Citizen (NY) 26 Mar. 9/1: I sat up and stretched [...] ‘Ohbum! The same old grind. Another day another dollar.’.
1911		Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, NY) 9 Dec. 1/3: The gentleman, muttering something that sounded like ‘Another day another dollar!’ [...] walked rapidly away.
1960		J. Thompson ‘Forever After’ in Fireworks (1988) 56: Then a familiar voice – maddeningly familiar words: ‘Well, another day, another dollar.’.
1995		(con. 1985–90) P. Bourjois In Search of Respect 97: You get caught up with it. You do it, and you say, ‘Ay, fuck it today!’ Another day, another dollar.
2000		Ironminds 18 Jan. [headline] Another Day, Another Dollar, Another Simulated Rape.
2014		F. Hook Alarm Clock 🎵 Another day another dollar from that 9 to 5 / Yeah, you living but ask yourself, are you really alive?

2. a phr. of relief used at the end of the working day.

1918		Garrett Clipper (IN) 25 Apr. 6/2: Well another day another dollar.
1926		Piittsburgh Dly Post (PA) 12 Jan. 20/1: ‘Another day, another dollar,’ sighs the tired banker, as he climbs into his waiting town car. ‘Home, James!’.
1949		Burnley Exp. 2 July 7/8: J.T. Winterich ‘Another Day, Another Dollar’ (1947) (articles about the many jobs he had as a young man).
1982		Gang of Four [album title] Another Day/Another Dollar.
1984		Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 21/2: adopted from the US, where it has been current since ca. 1910.
2002		Black Women’s Health 🌐 ‘Another day – another dollar.’ As old as this mantra is and the effects of inflation, this should now read, ‘Another day – another quarter!’ Is this what you think of the worth of your skills and abilities?