It was certainly owing to him that nightwork had become extinct here. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
It had cost him many hours of nightwork and study, had that license as wireless operator. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Shark] Reference
The nightwork this meant was unbearable, infants showing a perverse disinclination to enter the world except under cover of the dark. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
Where I am in aus, we dont have snow, but remember a nightwork, parked two cars around a green on golf course and practised our putting under headlightts of cars. From Wordnik.com. [Inspector Gadget – 3 Million Hits! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
A few weeks later I'd start doing nightwork cleaning oven hoods and being the occasional bodyguard to paranoid drug users and dealers in Boston's Leather District. From Wordnik.com. [Dart Adams presents 8 Albums I Wish I Never Sold Or Gave Away] Reference
That night Mrs. Wilson came to my door, and said she was sure Joe was at his nightwork again, for she could see from her bedroom window a light reflected on the stable wall, which must be in his room. From Wordnik.com. [J. Cole] Reference
Bread for breakfast we must have, and rolls we should like; but we should also like to have these commodities with as little nightwork as possible on the part of those who produce them. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis] Reference
At this period he had the advantage of occasional days of leisure, to which he was entitled by reason of his nightwork; and during such leisure he usually applied himself to reading and study. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers] Reference
Under the paralyzing influence of the stimulant upon the inhibitory nerves, the organism now draws upon the reserve stores of nerve fats and vital energies for the necessary strength to accomplish the extra nightwork. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Cure] Reference
Of the earlier and more difficult part of the work I saw nothing, for when I joined the association it had an assured position, and had behind it two great outstanding successes -- the abolition of white phosphorus in the making of matches, and the regulation of nightwork for women. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2] Reference
(elsewhere) was overcome with delight when he came here, and found how easy the task of foreman of the houses was likely to prove to him, as far as concerned the fires and nightwork. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832] Reference
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