night house

noun

A tavern, music-hall, or other public house which is open during the night.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounnight house (plural night houses)

plural night houses · alternative night-house

  1. historicalA tavern, music-hall, or other public house which is open during the night.First known use 18th c.

    Their custom was copied by fast night houses.

    1960, Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic
    1 more example

    The only remarkable scene in Amsterdam, which our company had not seen, was the Spuyl or musick-houses […]. To one of these night-houses did our travellers repair, under the conduct of the English merchant […].

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
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APA

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Chicago

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