stag night
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In October he went on his stag night with friends in London.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022
“A generation ago, the stag night would have been the groom and some friends down the local pub,” says Dr Thomas Thurnell-Read, lecturer in cultural sociology at Loughborough University.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2018
In this opener, Sean Bean plays Simon/Tracie, a schoolteacher and transvestite who attracts the attention of Stephen Graham's Tony during an altercation on a stag night.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2012
The Daily Mirror says Harry the "party animal" will be "well qualified" to organise a stag night.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2011
A speech suitable for the stag night may not go down so well at the wedding, and decorum is a mobile thing—any good speaker reads his or her audience as he goes along.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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