Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A night of special effort and interest, as when a matter of grave importance is discussed by leaders in a parliament. See
field-day .
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Examples
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_ -- This looked forward to in advance as grand field-night.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28, 1892 Various
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In advance, was expected to be brilliant field-night.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 7, 1891 Various
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The muslin you meant to wear is very pretty, and will do for some smaller occasion; but to-night is a field-night.
The Lovels of Arden 1875
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There, recognized by the older members, eagerly gazed at by the younger, Guy Darrell listened calmly, throughout a long field-night, to voices that must have roused from forgotten graves kindling and glorious memories; voices of those veterans now -- by whose side he had once struggled for some cause which he had then, in the necessary exaggeration of all honest enthusiasm, identified with a nation's life-blood.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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There, recognized by the older members, eagerly gazed at by the younger, Guy Darrell listened calmly, throughout a long field-night, to voices that must have roused from forgotten graves kindling and glorious memories; voices of those veterans now -- by whose side he had once struggled for some cause which he had then, in the necessary exaggeration of all honest enthusiasm, identified with a nation's life-blood.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But follow me; perhaps I can get you into the House; and a man like you, Leslie, from whom we expect great things some day, I can tell you, should not miss any such opportunity of knowing what this House of ours is on a field-night.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But follow me; perhaps I can get you into the House; and a, man like you, Leslie, from whom we expect great things some day, I can tell you, should not miss any such opportunity of knowing what this House of ours is on a field-night.
My Novel — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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