night housen.
/ˈnʌɪt haʊs/, U.S. /ˈnaɪt ˌ(h)aʊs/ΘΚΠ
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1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 315 A traine of powder about the touch-hole, and aboue it a night-house to keep the trayne dry from the nights serene.
2. A tavern, public house, etc., which remains open all night. Now chiefly historical.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > other types of tavern
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1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 60 To some Night-House they go, (which is another Evil that should be cur'd) where the Watchmen are made drunk.
1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 i. 151/1 They went both to a night-house, where they sat drinking together till it was light.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 508 The wickets of the night-houses..open only to known customers.
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 451/2 The men..send to some night-house..to purchase a small quantity [of liquor].
1870 D. J. Kirwan Palace & Hovel xxiii. 481 We are now at Barnes's, a famous night house, or, rather, an infamous night house, in the Haymarket.
1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic iv. 123 Their custom was copied by fast night houses.
1983 Notes & Queries Feb. 24/1 His [sc. Defoe's] main thrust is against the breeding grounds of crime, the night houses where robbers gather.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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