LOBSTER SHIFT


Meaning of LOBSTER SHIFT in English

noun

or lobster trick

1. : a tour of duty especially in newspaper work that covers the late evening or early morning hours : graveyard shift

2. : the skeleton staff left on duty in a newspaper office from the time one edition has gone to press until work begins on the next edition

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.