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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
swing shift
noun
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▪ I was working the swing shift when Albert White said he knew a guy that was going to start a newspaper business.
▪ When the swing shift comes on duty the clock says four-thirty, just like it should.
Wiktionary
swing shift

n. (context US English) A work shift between a day shift and a night shift, such as from 4PM to midnight, and the group of workers scheduled to work such a shift at a facility.

WordNet
swing shift

n. the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight) [syn: evening shift]

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Swing Shift

Swing Shift may refer to:

  • Shift work
  • Swing Shift (album), a 1997 jazz album by Rik Emmett
  • Swing Shift (film), a 1984 film by Jonathan Demme
  • Swing Shift, a stop motion short film by Mike Jittlov
  • "Swing Shift (Soixante Neuf)", a song by Nash the Slash on his album Children of the Night
Swing Shift (film)

Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic drama war film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris. Lahti earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her tragic portrayal of heart-broken ex-singer and Hawn's character's close friend Hazel, losing to Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India. Singer Belinda Carlisle made a foray into the film, and Holly Hunter can be seen in one of her first movie roles.

Swing Shift (album)

Swing Shift is the fifth studio album by the Canadian guitarist Rik Emmett, released in 1997. It is the second instalment in the guitar trilogy, released merely six months after Ten Invitations From The Mistress Of Mr. E, which was the beginning of the trilogy that is meant to cover the basis of Rik Emmett's guitar teaching.