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Definition of One-night stand
1. Noun. A brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night. "He ran through a series of loveless one-night stands"
2. Noun. A performance in one place on one night only.
Definition of One-night stand
1. Noun. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the parties has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of One-night Stand
Literary usage of One-night stand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Driftwood of the Stage by William Ellis Horton (1904)
"THE one-night stand. The most objectionable feature in theatrical life is in
playing the so-called one-night stands. Not so for lack of patronage, ..."
2. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Marshall Everett (1904)
"There are epidemics, railroad accidents, hotel fires and all manner of emergencies
to be considered, not to speak of the one-night stand. ..."
3. The Business Man in the Amusement World: A Volume of Progress in the Field by Robert Grau (1910)
"This house is famous for doing the largest one-night stand business, holding many
records for big receipts, which, for one opening performance, ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"... flying to her, yelping 'The Robert E. Lee' in some dinky one-night stand !"
He paused long enough to groan, then resumed his tragic monologue. ..."
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