noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
graveyard shift
the graveyard shift informal (= a shift that begins late at night or very early in the morning )
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He chose to work the graveyard shift because the pay was slightly better.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
shift
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Reid reportedly worked as a stock clerk on the graveyard shift at a Wal-Mart in Mountain View.
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I worked the graveyard shift and she would wake me up.
■ VERB
bury
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Bennet died in Chinley 24 May 1759 and was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard there.
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The day after his death on 9 December 1812 he was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's Parish church.
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He was not a Roman Catholic and so was buried in a public graveyard just on the outskirts of the village.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In his dreams he saw Kee's grandfather and all the other spirits from the graveyard .
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The scene at the graveyard was more than usually touching.