WORK SHIFT
NOUNS
► AGONY SHIFT a work shift between the day and graveyard shifts, from about 4 pm to midnight → Bk1947 Amer. sl.
► AUSTRALIAN DAYS night-work → 1970 UK sl.
► CAT-EYE a late-night work-shift → 1977 US sl.
► DARKIE a night shift → c1925 Aust. sl.
► DARK-‘UN a 24-hour shift, worked by a wharf labourer → 1957 Aust. sl.
► DOGWATCH a night shift, esp. in a newspaper office, or to any late or early period of duty, or the staff employed on this → 1901 sl., chiefly US
► SWING a worker’s rest period or a shift system which incorporates such breaks; broadly, time off work → 1917 US sl.
► SWING SHIFT a work shift between the day and graveyard shifts, from about 4 pm to midnight → Bk1947 Amer. sl.
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