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graveyard shift

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graveyard shift

 
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–noun
1. a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
2. those who work this shift.
Also called graveyard watch, lobster shift.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism
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graveyard shift  
n.  

  1. A work shift that runs during the early morning hours, as from midnight to 8 A.M.

  2. The workers on such a shift.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
graveyard shift

  1. n.
    the night shift of work in a factory, usually starting at about midnight. (See also swing shift.) : The pay is pretty good on the graveyard shift.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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