Night-cellar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Night-cellar is a noun meaning (historical) A cellar open to the public at night for the purchase of food, drink, and entertainment, primarily in London, England in the 18th century.
Meaning
(historical) A cellar open to the public at night for the purchase of food, drink, and entertainment, primarily in London, England in the 18th century.
Example Sentences
The palace, the night-cellar, the jail, the madhouse: the chambers of birth and death, of health and sickness, the rigid face of the corpse and the calm sleep of the child: midnight was upon them all.
Word Forms
- night-cellars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cellar, cellarium, subcellar, nightery, undercellar, nightclub.
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