lighting-up time

British  

noun

1. the time when vehicles are required by law to have their lights switched on

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lighting-up time

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

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

And almost by lighting-up time they were shoulder to shoulder on the road once more.

From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung

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

After our late luncheon we ran back from Hitchin to London, but, not arriving before lighting-up time, we had to turn on the head-lights beyond Barnet.

From The Count's Chauffeur by William Le Queux