all-night
[awl-nahyt]
- taking up, extending through, or occurring continually during an entire night; nightlong: an all-night vigil.
- open all night, as for business; providing services, accommodations, etc., at all hours of the night: an all-night restaurant.
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Origin of all-night
First recorded in 1520–30
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Examples from the Web for all-night
Contemporary Examples
The traveling show arrived in Shreveport at 7:30 in the morning after an all-night drive.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’Peter Guralnick
December 28, 2014
Sarang, which means “love” in Korean, starved to death while the Kims went on all-night gaming binges.
Moritz Erhardt had just worked three all-night shifts at the office, according to unconfirmed reports on social media.
The party scene grew and grew, and many a morning session was attended by bleary-eyed veterans of all-night binges.
His used to steal beer and break into empty properties for all-night drinking parties.
Historical Examples
"This is likely to be an all-night session," he said resignedly.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
His all-night ride from Cherbourg had left him disheveled, unshaven and hungry.
The HarborErnest Poole
That evening he held an all-night prayer-meeting for the conversion of Katherine and Pete.
The ManxmanHall Caine
They were worn and weary with the all-night march, and were hungry and thirsty.
Daughters of the Revolution and Their TimesCharles Carleton Coffin
I was as hungry as a trooper by this time, after my all-night experience on the Chester.
The Tory MaidHerbert Baird Stimpson