lady-of-the-night

[ ley-dee-uhv-thuh-nahyt ]

/ ˈleɪ di əv ðəˈnaɪt /

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noun, plural la·dies-of-the-night.

a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.

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Origin of lady-of-the-night

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby lady-of-the-night

Lady Muck, lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the house, Lady of the Lake, lady-of-the-night, lady orchid, lady palm, lady's bedstraw, lady's-earrings, lady's finger

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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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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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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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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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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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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
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