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nightwork

noun
/ˈnʌɪtwəːk/UK

Etymology

From night + work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as nightwork — “night + work”

Definitions

  1. Work which is carried out at night.

    • Much of that highway reconstruction project was nightwork.
    • I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork.
    • ‘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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