nightwork
See also: night work
English
Alternative forms
- night work
Etymology
From night + work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnʌɪtwəːk/
Noun
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 2010, p. 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.’
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Translations
work carried out at night
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Anagrams
- worknight