English Explanatory Dictionary

lobster shift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

lobster shift lobster shifts

Etymology

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

Synonyms

graveyard shift midnight shift third shift
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