1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. night duty

Find the word definition

What is "night duty"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
night duty
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After my first spell of night duty I collapsed into bed and slept for nineteen hours.
▪ Henry Bergson, an experienced field officer, was assigned to be 3d Brigade night duty officer.
▪ In practice, the student will necessarily miss some continuity because of days off and night duty.
▪ Men were sometimes on the beat twenty-one out of twenty-four hours during the transition between day and night duty.
▪ No night duty was included in the study.
▪ On night duty, there's always plenty of deep doorways.
▪ One girl who turned up for night duty wearing plimsolls received a proper rocket.
Wikipedia
Night Duty

Night Duty is a 1974 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Kaviyoor Ponnamma and Adoor Bhasi in lead roles. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy.

Usage examples of "night duty".

When he went into his office, Captain Jack Carter, his night duty officer, was seated behind his desk.

He went around to the driver's window to reinforce the story that he had planted in the mind of the night duty volunteer fireman who was behind the wheel.

How come you, a sector chief, to be doing ordinary room duty, and night duty at that?

Telemachus, bored by his night duty, welcomed the slight deviation from normal routine.

Evidently, Killgore didn't like her either, 'cause she always had the night duty.