swing shift
a work shift in industry from midafternoon until midnight.
the group of workers on such a shift.
Origin of swing shift
1Other words from swing shift
- swing shifter, noun
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How to use swing shift in a sentence
I was cut from that… and I was cut from swing shift, the Jonathan Demme film with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
Viggo Mortensen Talks ‘The Two Faces of January,’ Blasts Fox News and Israel’s ‘State Terrorism’ | Marlow Stern | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were waiting up for the father—he's on the swing shift—and the kid wanted ice cream.
Take the Reason Prisoner | John Joseph McGuireSwing-shift employes, arriving at the factory for work, crowded past the two girls.
Guilt of the Brass Thieves | Mildred A. WirtRiuku was glad too, the next afternoon when the swing shift started pouring through the gates.
The Very Secret Agent | Mari Wolf
British Dictionary definitions for swing shift
a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked
the period worked
- Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): back shift
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