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night house en · NOUN
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(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:Their custom was copied by fast night houses.
1960, Robertson Davies, A Voice from the Attic:
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