- a variation of firstnighter.
first-nighter
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing first-nighter
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This could all explode onstage the second debate night; first-nighter Marianne Williamson won’t even be there to lighten the mood with a challenge to New Zealand.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2019
Although he likes baseball, sits at the ringside at nearly all good prize fights, and is a confirmed first-nighter at the theatre, it is hardly likely that any of these specialties got him a job.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his younger days in London, Hitch was an insatiable first-nighter, a sort of rolling encyclopedia of stage lore.
From Time Magazine Archive
One expert who sees the point is Howard S. Cullman, inveterate first-nighter, chairman of the New York Port Authority, and one of Broadway's archangels.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They call you the best-dressed first-nighter in New York."
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
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