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Graveyard shift   /grˈeɪvjˌɑrd ʃɪft/   Listen
Graveyard shift

noun
1.
The work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.).  Synonym: night shift.
2.
Workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.).  Synonym: night shift.






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"Graveyard shift" Quotes from Famous Books



... mysteriously. "There's lots of gold over there. I came back one time and they says to me: 'Charley, where've you been for such a long time?' 'In Death Valley,' I says, 'in the Funeral Range. Working in the Coffin mine, on the graveyard shift.' Hah, hah; they can't get nothing out of me. I know where there's gold—in the Ube-Hebes; it's a place where nobody goes. I saw your father there, the last time I went through, and he sent word to you not to worry. 'But ...
— Shadow Mountain • Dane Coolidge



Words linked to "Graveyard shift" :   night shift, work shift, duty period, shift



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