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all-night
[ awl-nahyt ]
/ ˈɔlˌnaɪt /
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adjective
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
Words nearby all-night
alliumphobia, all joking aside, all kinds of, allmouth, allness, all-night, all-nighter, allo-, Alloa, alloantibody, alloantigen
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