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graveyard shift
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Wikipedia
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" Graveyard Shift " is a short story by Stephen King , first published in the October 1970 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift . It was adapted into a 1990 film of the same name .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: night shift ] workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: night shift ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A night shift in a factory or other place of work, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I've been really tired since I started working the graveyard shift . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I worked the graveyard shift and she would wake me up. ▪ Reid reportedly worked as a stock clerk on the graveyard shift at a Wal-Mart ...
Usage examples of graveyard shift.
On the graveyard shift, Myrna worked alone, handling the emergencies.
Halfway through the graveyard shift, tired and sick among a litter of disposable plastic cups, all they saw was a faceless, threatening figure in a dark cloak, snow swirling behind it.
The counter drew a lot of strange people during the graveyard shift, and Jay wasn't feeling real sociable.
He introduced Jeffrey to the others who worked the graveyard shift.
She was in her twenties, probably new to the staff and therefore relegated to the graveyard shift.
I'm the night manager there and I work the graveyard shift-that's from eleven at night to seven in the morning-by myself.
Although tending to the sick and dying would seem to be grim work, all four nurses on the graveyard shift were smiling and clearly amused about something.
He works the graveyard shift, from midnight until eight in the morning, sometimes doubling on the swing shift when, as on this March evening, there is a personnel shortage.
Because the graveyard shift is less desirable than daytime duty, the pay is higher.