Bank Night

[ bangk-nahyt ]

/ ˈbæŋk ˌnaɪt /

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noun Informal.

(in the 1930s) an evening when prizes were awarded by lottery to members of the audience at a movie theater as part of a promotion to encourage theater patronage.

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Origin of Bank Night

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Words nearby Bank Night

banking principle, bankit, bank loan, bank manager, bank money, Bank Night, bank note, Bank of England, bank of issue, bank on, bank paper

How to use Bank Night in a sentence

People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
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On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
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As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
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At the moment, the only chance I get is when I go do Late Night with Seth Meyers.
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Are you bi-coastal now, between Portlandia and Late Night with Seth Meyers?
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In sorting notes it is necessary to be able readily to distinguish between notes of this bank and notes of other reserve banks.
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The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
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Thus far Boston banks have received more benefits from this bank than have the other banks in this district.
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Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
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Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
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