What does night house mean?

night house

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.36 in modern English

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A tavern, music-hall, or other public house which is open during the night.

"The only remarkable scene in Amsterdam, which our company had not seen, was the Spuyl or musick-houses […]. To one of these night-houses did our travellers repair, under the conduct of the English merchant […]."
"Their custom was copied by fast night houses."

night houses (plural) night-house (alternative)

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