night shift

[ nahyt shift ]

noun

1. the workforce, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime.
2. the scheduled period of labor for this workforce.

night shift

noun

1. a group of workers who work a shift during the night in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a back shift is also worked
2. the period worked

Word History and Origins

Origin of night shift¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

I've used my influence—you don't know what a pull I've got around here—and I can name my man for the late night-shift.

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The night-shift boys can't sleep in their hot little houses—-they look as if they'd all been on a two weeks' tear.

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Her tiny night-shift was gathered into a wisp round her neck and she moaned in her sleep.

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Thrice, on the night-shift, underneath in the saw-pit, Old Tarwater fainted.

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Lots of times we work night-shift—when it's daytime on this side of Vesta.

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