Definition of Manshift

1. the work of one person on one shift [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manshift

mansaf
mansard
mansard roof
mansard roofs
mansarded
mansards
manscape
manscaped
manscapes
manscaping
manse
manservant
manservants
manses
mansfieldite
manshift (current term)
manshifts
manship
manshiply
mansion
mansion house
mansionary
mansionette
mansionettes
mansionization
mansionlike
mansionry
mansions
mansioun
mansiouns

Literary usage of Manshift

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

1. Coal in the Energy Supply of India by IEA Coal Industry Advisory Board (2002)
"Productivity in opencast mining at Coal India Ltd was only 0.9 tonne per manshift in the mid-1970s. It had increased to six tonnes per ..."

2. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"... alderman of the Trinity Gild by the members of the corporate body, on being sworn in, should thenceforth be paid to the chamberlains.—(manshift, 245. ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"When the earl finally resolved at Kilpatrick to give up the appearance of an army, and let each manshift for himself, these two gentlemen conducted a party ..."

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