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day shift

[ dey shift ]

noun

  1. the workforce, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the daytime.
  2. the scheduled period of labor for this workforce.


day shift

noun

  1. a group of workers who work a shift during the daytime in an industry or occupation where a night shift or a back shift is also worked
  2. the period worked
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of day shift1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

The mine whistle blared, and a rattle of miners' carts followed, as the day-shift dispersed to town.

As if it wasnt bad enough to come here anyway but that I must needs come now just when the day-shift is getting home!

Towards eight o'clock the day-shift came to an end and the night-shift began.

He stamped your letter and sent it to town yesterday by one of the day-shift men.

The day-shift always ran the risk of being missed at roll-call, which was held every morning and afternoon.

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