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the graveyard shift

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the graveyard shift
a period of time late at night, when people have to work, often in hospitals or factories I'm working the graveyard shift this week.
See also: shift


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This semester, Bunker Hill Community College is offering two classes on the graveyard shift in a move to accommodate an unprecedented boost in enrollment attributed to the struggling economy as people look to augment their job skills without having to pay the tuition costs of more expensive schools.
He looked very good, he played right-back last week which is the graveyard shift in our place.
People used to call it the graveyard shift because you're always running the full length of the pitch.
 
 
 
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