night shift

the work force, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime.

the scheduled period of labor for this work force.

Origin of night shift

First recorded in 1700–10

Ray Morely, one of the night-shift engineers, came in with coffee.

New Apples in the Garden |Kris Ottman Neville
I came out of the mill one morning after a night-shift, with an appetite that made me run from the railroad bridge to Main Street.

Steel |Charles Rumford Walker
"Our finances won't stand the overhead of that night-shift, I tell you," his father warned.

The Valley of the Giants |Peter B. Kyne
We were running short of headers for the tie courses, and I put on a night-shift.

The King of Arcadia |Francis Lynde

The fireman had to stand by his engine on the night-shift in an hour's time, but he saw his way to a pipe, and lit it.

When Ghost Meets Ghost |William Frend De Morgan

night shift

a group of workers who work a shift during the night in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a back shift is also worked

the period worked