night-cellar

English

Noun

night-cellar (plural night-cellars)

  1. (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.
    • 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
      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.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.