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night shift
[ nahyt shift ]
noun
- the workforce, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime.
- the scheduled period of labor for this workforce.
night shift
noun
- a group of workers who work a shift during the night in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a back shift is also worked
- the period worked
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of night shift1
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Example Sentences
Tommy travelled, as a lighthouse keeper, while for much of her working life Violet was on the night shift in local hospitals.
He said he paid for community college in Philadelphia by cleaning toilets on the night shift at a Holiday Inn for $2.89 an hour.
Once again, hospitals in the territory were inundated, doctors on night shift battling a sudden influx of injured, many of them children.
Often, he pulled night shifts and double shifts.
Ms Peggie returned to work on day shifts at the end of March last year before returning to her normal night shifts.
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