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 the tyre was mended, something went wrong with the electric ignition, and altogether the repairs proved such a tedious job that they could not make a fresh start until close upon lighting-up time.

From The Motor Pirate by Paternoster, G. Sidney

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 Le Queux, William

You might light a lamp," Philippa directed, "but don't draw the blinds until lighting-up time.

From The Zeppelin's Passenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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 Maxwell, W. B.

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 Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)