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night houses

night houses is the plural of night house.

Meaning of night house

Noun

night house (plural night houses)

  1. (historical) A tavern, music-hall, or other public house which is open during the night.
    • 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 […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about night houses

What is night houses the plural of?
Night houses is the plural of night house.

Words near night houses in the dictionary

  1. night hawk
  2. night hawks
  3. night heron
  4. night herons
  5. night house
  6. night houses
  7. night hunter
  8. night hunters
  9. night hunting
  10. night in, night out
  11. night jasmine

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