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Revision as of 14:21, 18 July 2020
See also: allnighter
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Alternative forms
Noun
all-nighter (plural all-nighters)
- Something that lasts throughout the whole night.
- That party was an all-nighter.
- (UK, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.
- (UK, crime, slang) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client
- (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.
Derived terms
References
- Eric Partridge (2007) “all-nighter”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN.