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Definition of Graveyard shift

1. Noun. The work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.).

2. Noun. Workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.).

Definition of Graveyard shift

1. Noun. A night shift in a factory or other place of work, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Graveyard shift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"Sufficient powder for each day is hauled into the mine on the graveyard shift and distributed to each level on the same shift. At the beginning of the day ..."

2. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Mass Boston Cooking School (Boston, Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1907)
"One begins at eleven o'clock at night and is called the graveyard shift. This is disliked by all and each two weeks the miners are changed. ..."

3. Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory: Papers in Honor of David Blackwell by David Blackwell, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lloyd S. Shapley, James B. MacQueen (1996)
"The drop in winnings was occurring for the day shift and the swing shift; winnings for the graveyard shift remained relatively constant during the period. ..."

4. Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette (1916)
"Three shifts were worked, a "morning shift" of S hr., an "afternoon shift" of 8 hr., and a "graveyard shift" of 0 hr. The average skip load was 2.5 en. yd. ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
""The pusher put us on the graveyard shift last night. Jus' thought we'd drop in an' see yer pardner." Neither of the two miners seemed to see the little ..."

6. The United States Post Office: Its Past Record, Present Condition, and by Daniel Calhoun Roper (1917)
"See graveyard shift. Ship letter or package. Letter or package brought into the United States from a foreign country, or carried from one port in the United ..."

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