Definitions

graveyard watch

NOUN

graveyard shift

Synonyms

WEAK

3rd shift anchor watch dogwatch lobster shift sunrise watch swing shift third shift

Example Sentences

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Deserter, they’d thundered in the middle of the graveyard watch.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

I had the graveyard watch and I was in the galley having a cup of coffee.

From The Space Pioneers by Glanzman, Louis