all-nighter
English
Etymology
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.
- (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.
Synonyms
- (prostitute's client): see Wikisaurus:prostitute's client
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.