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split shifter en · NOUN

Etymology

From split shift + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who works a split shift or is employed in one.
    • 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:
    • 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:
    • split shifter dividing time between office and home. 1995, World Trade Magazine, Incorporated (publisher), World Trade, volume 8, page 18:

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