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单词 overnighter
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overnightern.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈnʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈnaɪdər/
Forms: see overnight adv. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overnight adv., -er suffix1, overnight v.
Etymology: < overnight adv. + -er suffix1. In sense 3 probably partly also < overnight v. + -er suffix1.
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).
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