"lobster shift" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Maybe from British journalism, a lob being English slang for a yokel, and the \"lobster shift\" being the overnight shift usually given to young inexperienced journalists, to keep them out of the daily mainstream stories. American Heritage 1993",
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    {
      "form": "lobster shifts",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My boss stuck me on the lobster shift: I have to work from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m."
        }
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        "a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours."
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          "work",
          "work"
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          "shift",
          "shift"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "graveyard shift"
        },
        {
          "word": "midnight shift"
        },
        {
          "word": "third shift"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "noštna smjana",
          "sense": "a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "нощна смяна"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescoção"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lobster shift"
}

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    {
      "form": "lobster shifts",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "My boss stuck me on the lobster shift: I have to work from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m."
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        "a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "graveyard shift"
    },
    {
      "word": "midnight shift"
    },
    {
      "word": "third shift"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "noštna smjana",
      "sense": "a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нощна смяна"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a work shift that covers late evening and early morning hours",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescoção"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lobster shift"
}