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lobster shift

lobster shift noun: a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours.

Noun

lobster shift (plural lobster shifts)

  1. a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours.
    • My boss stuck me on the lobster shift: I have to work from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
    Synonyms:
    graveyard shift, midnight shift, third shift

Synonyms of lobster shift

Forms of lobster shift

plurallobster shifts

Origin of lobster shift

Maybe from British journalism, a lob being English slang for a yokel, and the "lobster shift" being the overnight shift usually given to young inexperienced journalists, to keep them out of the daily mainstream stories. American Heritage 1993

Questions about lobster shift

What does lobster shift mean?
Lobster shift means a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours.
What part of speech is lobster shift?
Lobster shift is a noun.
What is the plural of lobster shift?
The plural of lobster shift is lobster shifts.

Words near lobster shift in the dictionary

  1. lobster prominent
  2. lobster prominents
  3. lobster roll
  4. lobster rolls
  5. lobster sauce
  6. lobster shift
  7. lobster shifts
  8. lobster sloop
  9. lobster sloops
  10. lobster thermidor
  11. lobster trap

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