Definition of Night shift

1. Noun. The work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.).

Exact synonyms: Graveyard Shift
Generic synonyms: Duty Period, Shift, Work Shift

2. Noun. Workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.).
Exact synonyms: Graveyard Shift
Generic synonyms: Shift

Definition of Night shift

1. Noun. A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours, especially 4 PM to midnight or midnight to 8 AM. ¹

2. Noun. A group of workers who work during the night. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Shift

night lizard
night lizards
night myopia
night night
night out
night owl
night owls
night pain
night people
night person
night porter
night raven
night rider
night school
night schools
night shift
night sight
night snake
night soil
night soil man
night soil men
night stick
night sweats
night terror
night terrors
night vision
night watch
night watches
night watchman
night watchman state

Literary usage of Night shift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Comparison of an Eight-hour Plant and a Ten-hour Plant by Josephine Clara Goldmark, Mary Della Hopkins (1920)
"THE TWELVE-HOUR night shift AT THE TEN-HOUR PLANT. ... The quantitative output of the night shift can not be compared with that of the day because the same ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"The night shift question has been discussed for many years in the anthracite region. One of the coal companies, some years ago, tried to operate one of its ..."

3. Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency by Horace Middleton Vernon (1921)
"The intrinsically harmful effect of night work is seen in the time keeping of operatives working alternate fortnights of day and night shift. ..."

4. Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1920)
"THE night shift They are like pick axes, they never argue, and never smile. They tramp through the darkness to work. They tramp through the darkness home to ..."

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