lighting-up time
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When lighting-up time came it was naturally tired, and wanted a rest.”
From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Sick brethren were freely permitted to borrow books for their solace, but such books were returned to the library nightly, at lighting-up time.
From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage
She was always loth to return, but Aunt Harriet was extremely particular that they must be home before lighting-up time, and would point remorselessly to the small clock that hung facing the seat.
From The Luckiest Girl in the School by Angela Brazil
Now, I think," said Mr. Osborn, "it is fairly lighting-up time, and that no one can accuse us of being extravagant if we call for the match-boxes.
From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
It set me thinking of all the other things that could happen to a man out and about on a velocipede without a lamp after lighting-up time.
From Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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