Definition: LOBSTER
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Title
Definition: LOBSTER
Subject
An American Sign Language definition is provided by Dick Moore.
Description
LOBSTER: refers to the early morning shift often worked by Deaf printers.
Creator
Zilvinas Paludnevicius
Source
Drs. John S. and Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center Collection
Date
2021
Rights
This Item has been made available for educational and research purposes by the Drs. John S. and Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center at Gallaudet University. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You may need to obtain permission for your intended use if your use is otherwise not permitted by the copyright and applicable related rights legislation. For specific information about the copyright and reproduction rights for this Item, please contact the Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center: https://www.gallaudet.edu/drs-john-s-and-betty-j-schuchman-deaf-documentary-center
Language
American Sign Language
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Video Description
The video begins with a title slide featuring a line drawing of a figure depicting the handshapes L-O-B for the vocabulary term, Lobster. Next in a video recording, Dick Moore, a white older man, defines the term in American Sign Language. He is seated in a darkened film studio.
Transcription
We worked the Lobster shift… that’s right. The Lobster shift meant you were on from 9:00 at night to 7:00 in the morning the night shift. We watched the papers go out.
Duration
00:00:18
Citation
Zilvinas Paludnevicius, “Definition: LOBSTER,” DeafPrinters, accessed April 30, 2024, https://deafprinters.com/items/show/101.