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Definition of Split shift
1. Noun. A working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Split Shift
Literary usage of Split shift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What's what in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor by Waldo Ralph Browne (1921)
"Thus, a man putting in eight hours daily on a " split shift" might work for two
... The most common purpose of a " split shift" is to have extra workers on ..."
2. Biological Rhythms: Implications for the Worker by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"split shift: A schedule of full-time work in which a period of work is followed
by a break and then another period of work. Standard work schedule: See day ..."
3. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne W. Casper (1994)
"Both work non-days Care by father Split-shift schedules employed is much higher
when respondents work non- days rather than days. ..."
4. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"At times a split shift was employed in the four-hour interval between drilling
and regular mucking shifts to help set up drills, muck, etc. ..."
5. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"At times a split shift was employed in the four-hour interval between drilling
and regular mucking shifts to help set up drills, muck, etc. ..."
6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Lith. stel-ti, to split. Shift.»(E.) ME schiften, to divide, change, shift,
remove ; orig. ' to divide. ..."
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