单词 | overnighter |
释义 | overnightern. 1. Probably: a person supporting or advocating rapid reform. Cf. overnight adv. 3 and overnight adv. 3. rare. ΚΠ 1948 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 35 135 Professor Wharton, in viewing the Negro's struggle for full citizenship, definitely stands with the gradualists and the peaceful methods group rather than the ‘over-nighters’ and the revolutionists. 2. A bag or case for use when staying overnight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > luggage > travelling bag > hand-held mailc1275 clothesack1393 cloak-bagc1540 portmanteau1553 valance?a1562 pockmanty1575 cap-case1577 cloak-bearer1580 night baga1618 valisea1630 toilet1656 Roger1665 shirt case1823 weekend case1827 carpet-bag1830 holdall1851 handbag1859 suitcase1873 sample case1875 gripsack1877 case1879 grip1879 Gladstone (bag)1882 traveller1895 vanity-case1913 luggage1915 revelation1923 two-suiter1923 overnight bag1925 one-suiter1933 suiter1933 overnight case1934 Samsonite1939 flight bag1943 Pullman1946 grip-bag1958 overnighter1959 carry-on1960 Vuitton1975 go bag1991 1959 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 865/1 Easier Packing... 18-inch Overniter. 1972 M. Crichton Terminal Man i. v. 45 Benson placed the screwdrivers into the overnighter. 2001 In Style (Electronic ed.) Nov. 297 Nylon overnighter (11.5″ × 17″ × 7″, in 15 fabrics), from Le Sportsac Made-to-Order Travel Collection. 3. A person who stays at a place overnight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > stopping overnight overnighter1961 1961 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge Murder out of Turn (1962) ix. 96 At the Hotel Dumont there had, at the time in issue, been twenty-three overnighters. 1977 Daily Tel. 7 June 1/1 The area approaching St Paul's Cathedral was also becoming filled with overnighters. 1995 M. Kesavan Looking through Glass 54 The floor was clear of people; there were no overnighters asleep on spread-out bedrolls. 4. Originally U.S. An overnight trip or stop. ΚΠ 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Apr. 10 The Robert Morris Inn..is a perfect choice for a restorative overnighter or weekender. 1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell More Sask. Gold vii. 72 ‘I can get my old man's camper-trailer,’ Boris says... So now we're looking at an overnighter. 1994 Outdoor Canada Summer 38/2 Make sure you take your kit along every time you go into the bush, even if it's just for an overnighter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948 |
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