nightwork
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See also: night work
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From night + work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nightwork (uncountable)
- Work which is carried out at night. [from 16th c.]
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 183:
- ‘Under journalist cover we bring her into play, give her Chinese newspapers to translate, send her on little errands, involve her, complete her education and train her in nightwork.’
Translations[edit]
work carried out at night
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