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

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

From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William

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)

When lighting-up time came it was naturally tired, and wanted a rest.”

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

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.