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good night, sweet prince

good night, sweet prince interjection: implies that somebody died.

Interjection

  1. Implies that somebody died.

Origin of good night, sweet prince

From Shakespeare's Hamlet (act V scene ii), in which Horatio utters the line to his dying friend Hamlet.

Questions about good night, sweet prince

What does good night, sweet prince mean?
Good night, sweet prince means implies that somebody died.
What part of speech is good night, sweet prince?
Good night, sweet prince is an interjection.

Words near good night, sweet prince in the dictionary

  1. good news
  2. good night
  3. good night nurse
  4. good night's sleep
  5. good night's sleeps
  6. good night, sweet prince
  7. Good Night, Vienna
  8. good nights' sleeps
  9. good noon
  10. good now
  11. good offices

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