nitery
Americannoun
plural
niteriesEtymology
Origin of nitery
Example Sentences
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“When last caught in a nitery, the boys were a disappointment,” a Billboard reviewer wrote after a 1949 performance by Mr. Benson and Mann at the Palace.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2016
From the bandstand of the heavily upholstered Caf� Rouge in Manhattan's Statler Hotel, he beamed handsomely at the biggest crowds the nitery had ever seen, contentedly mooed the season's ballads in a domesticated baritone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dorothy Donegan is a homely, unhappy-looking young woman whose earnestly inspired pianism last week was drawing throngs to Elmer's Cocktail Lounge, an obscure nitery in the heart of Chicago's Loop.
From Time Magazine Archive
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