graveyard shift
41graveyard watch — 1. See graveyard shift. 2. Naut. See middle watch. [1925 30] * * * …
42Graveyard poets — The Graveyard Poets were a number of pre Romantic English poets of the 18th century characterised by their gloomy meditations on mortality, skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms [1] in the context of the graveyard. To this was added, by later… …
43shift — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change ADJECTIVE ▪ distinct, dramatic, fundamental, huge, important, major, marked, massive, profound, pronounced …
44graveyard — noun Graveyard is used before these nouns: ↑shift …
45night shift — noun 1. the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) • Syn: ↑graveyard shift • Hypernyms: ↑shift, ↑work shift, ↑duty period 2. workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) • Syn: ↑ …
46Night Shift (book) — Night Shift   First edition cover …
47lobster shift — noun or lobster trick 1. : a tour of duty especially in newspaper work that covers the late evening or early morning hours : graveyard shift 2. : the skeleton staff left on duty in a newspaper office from the time one edition has gone to press… …
48work shift — noun the time period during which you are at work • Syn: ↑shift, ↑duty period • Hypernyms: ↑hours • Hyponyms: ↑go, ↑spell, ↑tour, ↑ …
49swing shift — Synonyms and related words: anchor watch, bit, day shift, dogwatch, full time, graveyard shift, half time, lobster trick, night shift, overtime, part time, relay, shift, split schedule, split shift, stint, sunrise watch, time, tour, tour of duty …
50lobster shift — noun a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours. My boss stuck me on the lobster shift, I have to work 11pm to 7am. Syn: graveyard shift, midnight shift, third shift …
