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Definition of Allnight
1. n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.
Definition of Allnight
1. lasting all night [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allnight
Literary usage of Allnight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"She fainted away, upon hearing that Mrs. allnight had two card tables more ...
First, Mrs. allnight kept Sundays; her ladyship did the same—Mrs. All- night ..."
2. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1826)
"She fainted away upon hearing that Mrs. allnight had two card tables more than
... First, Mrs. allnight kept Sundays ; her ladyship did the same ; Mrs All- ..."
3. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"The lasting of flame also dependeth upon the easy drawing of the nourishment ;
as we see in the court of England there is a service which they call allnight ..."
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