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watch night

noun

Definition of watch night

: a devotional service lasting until after midnight especially on New Year's Eve

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 Nguyen’s husband, Hung Le, mixes drinks for guests who sit outside watching night fall over the quiet town. — Tom Downey, WSJ, "A Vietnamese Island Group Unspoiled by Tourism," 30 July 2017 Kevin Graves, 18, likes online courses largely for the same reasons as his administrators: The courses are more entertaining than watching night-school videos, and there’s more freedom, too. — Stephen Smiley, Slate Magazine, "What class is like for the millions of high-schoolers now taking courses online.," 23 May 2017

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First Known Use of watch night

1742, in the meaning defined above

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