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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A school which is held at night, especially for those who cannot attend a day-school.

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Examples

  • They run into a group of trainee monster hunters who are more inclined to eliminate eligible night-school students than educate them.

    August « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

  • They run into a group of trainee monster hunters who are more inclined to eliminate eligible night-school students than educate them.

    From the stack: Nightschool 2009

  • They run into a group of trainee monster hunters who are more inclined to eliminate eligible night-school students than educate them.

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  • She was taking night-school English lessons and going to lectures and classes, and she could feel her mind opening up, her dreams opening up, her future opening up.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Why would anyone want to read a body of work that can be reduced to this sort of night-school existentialism?

    Saying Something 2010

  • The atmosphere of purposeful endeavor was like what you might find at a night-school business class of aspiring franchisees.

    Cannabusiness 2009

  • The atmosphere of purposeful endeavor was like what you might find at a night-school business class of aspiring franchisees.

    Cannabusiness 2009

  • She was taking night-school English lessons and going to lectures and classes, and she could feel her mind opening up, her dreams opening up, her future opening up.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • She was taking night-school English lessons and going to lectures and classes, and she could feel her mind opening up, her dreams opening up, her future opening up.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • She was taking night-school English lessons and going to lectures and classes, and she could feel her mind opening up, her dreams opening up, her future opening up.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

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