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单词 graveyard shift
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graveyard shift

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noun

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

Origin of graveyard shift

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby graveyard shift

gravestone, Gravettian, grave-wax, graveyard, graveyard orbit, graveyard shift, graveyard slot, graveyard stew, graveyard watch, gravicembalo, gravid
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British Dictionary definitions for graveyard shift

graveyard shift

noun

US the working shift between midnight and morning
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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