night house

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night house (plural night houses)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A tavern, music-hall, or other public house which is open during the night. [from 18th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      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 […] .
    • 1960, Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic:
      Their custom was copied by fast night houses.
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