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Definition of Night owl
1. Noun. A person who likes to be active late at night.
Definition of Night owl
1. Noun. (idiomatic) One who stays up late at night or goes to bed late. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Owl
Literary usage of Night owl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"NIGHT-OWL. Bill short, strong, very deep, its upper outline decurved from the
base; lower mandible abruptly rounded, with a notch on each side. ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"The display of society banners, badges, and mottoes was numerically fine, tho
most common being those of Turner Societies exhibiting an ogling night owl ..."
3. Out-doors at Idlewild; Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"LETTER LIIL Cedar-Trees and their Secrets—Bird-Presence about Home—Our Night-Owl—A
Bird's Claim on Hospitality—Difference between City and Country ..."
4. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"... mice and other small mammalia, as well as insects; and their flight, like the
other nocturnal species, is buoyant and noiseless. TENGMALM'S NIGHT-OWL. ..."
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