split shifter

noun

One who works a split shift or is employed in one.

Meanings

nounsplit shifter (plural split shifters)

plural split shifters

  1. One who works a split shift or is employed in one.

    split shifter dividing time between office and home.

    1995, World Trade Magazine, Incorporated (publisher), World Trade, volume 8, page 18
    2 more examples

    The relationship between these split-shifters and the regular employes (sic) must be a good-natured one, for the employers assured me that their influence in spite of such lectures, has been beneficial to production and to the general morale.

    1943, Agnes E. Meyer, America's Home Front, page 18

    You can ask your "split shifter" to make up the time, and the first two or three times, I'm sure she may be glad to help.

    2007, Susan R. Lisman, M.D., Karla Dougherty, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome For Dummies, page 318

Origin

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