split shifter

English

Etymology

From split shift +‎ -er.

Noun

split shifter (plural split shifters)

  1. One who works a split shift or is employed in one.
    • 1943, Agnes E. Meyer, America's Home Front, page 18:
      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.
    • 1995, World Trade Magazine, Incorporated (publisher), World Trade‎[1], volume 8, page 18:
      split shifter dividing time between office and home.
    • 2007, Susan R. Lisman, M.D., Karla Dougherty, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome For Dummies, page 318:
      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.
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