night shift

night shift
'night shift
n
1.) a period of time at night when people regularly work, especially in a factory
on the night shift
She's on the night shift this week.
2.) the group of people who work on the night shift
The night shift was just arriving.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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