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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
graveyard shift
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 in Mountain View.
▪ This is also the same guys who says so Peter works graveyard shift, huh?
Wiktionary
graveyard shift

n. A night shift in a factory or other place of work, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule.

WordNet
graveyard shift
  1. n. the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: night shift]

  2. workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: night shift]

Wikipedia
Graveyard Shift

Graveyard shift is a work shift running through the late hours of the evening to the early hours of the morning, typically from midnight until 8 am.

Graveyard Shift may also refer to:

Graveyard Shift (short story)

"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.

Graveyard Shift (1987 film)

Graveyard Shift (also titled Central Park Drifter) is a 1987 Canadian horror film written and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, and starring Michael A. Miranda (billed as Silvio Oliviero) and Helen Papas. The film was originally entitled Graveyard Shift but when the film was released to video, the title was changed to Central Park Drifter (IMDB info).

Graveyard Shift (1990 film)

Graveyard Shift is a 1990 film directed by Ralph S. Singleton, written by John Esposito and based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King. First published in the 1970 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. The movie was released in October 1990.

Graveyard Shift (radio show)

The Graveyard Shift is a late night talk, news & music show broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Triple J network. Originally hosted by comedian Dave Callan, it is broadcast from the Melbourne studios. The show is currently on Saturday overnights from 1am, with chill out party until the break of dawn on Sunday mornings from 4-6am. The Graveyard Shift first aired in 2005, replacing the simulcast of Rage (now broadcast on ABC1).

As of 23 January 2011, Paul Verhoeven is the presenter, as Callan has left to focus on his stand-up comedy.

Graveyard Shift (SpongeBob SquarePants)

"Graveyard Shift" is the first part of the 16th episode of the second season, and the 36th episode overall, of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The episode was written by Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire, and was directed by Sean Dempsey. Lender and Povenmire also served as storyboard directors. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002, 1 year after " Band Geeks."

The series follows the adventures and endeavours of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, Squidward and SpongeBob are forced to work 24 hours a day by Mr. Krabs, so that he can get more money. Squidward soon gets bored, and tells SpongeBob a scary story to have some fun with him. After scaring SpongeBob, Squidward tells him that the story is fictional. However, when Squidward and SpongeBob are alone, the events in Squidward's story begin to occur.

The episode featured Max Schreck as Count Orlok, of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, via stock footage. Episode writer Lender proposed the idea as a gag at the end of the episode, which series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted. Before the idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry", an idea that was deleted. The episode received glowing positive reviews upon release.

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.