night coach

or nightcoach

noun

1. the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.

Word History and Origins

Origin of night coach¹

First recorded in 1835–45; night + coach

Example Sentences

This he would not hear of, as the night-coach was on the point of starting.

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At eight o'clock the father and child were seated in the night-coach, with one other passenger—a man muffled up to the chin.

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At eight o'clock the father and child were seated in the night-coach, with one other passenger,—a man muffled up to the chin.

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You had better come with me by the night-coach, if you would see the last of him, young man.'

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He has informed Mrs. Wakefield that he is to take the night-coach into the country.

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