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The Britannica Dictionary graveyard shift 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• graveyard shift (noun)

graveyard shift noun plural graveyard shifts graveyard shift noun plural graveyard shifts Britannica Dictionary definition of GRAVEYARD SHIFT [count] chiefly US : a scheduled period of work that begins late at night and ends in the morning ASK THE EDITOR

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