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night shift

[ nahyt shift ]

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noun

night shift

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

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First recorded in 1700–10

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"But we can only operate during the day now, there's no funding for night shifts."

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Andrea learnt about Paul's death after arriving at work for a night shift.

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Tommy travelled, as a lighthouse keeper, while for much of her working life Violet was on the night shift in local hospitals.

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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.

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Once again, hospitals in the territory were inundated, doctors on night shift battling a sudden influx of injured, many of them children.

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