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nightlong

[ adjective nahyt-lawng, -long; adverb nahyt-lawng, -long ]

adjective

  1. lasting all night:

    a nightlong snowfall.



adverb

  1. through the entire night:

    Volunteer sandbag crews worked nightlong to stem the floodwaters.

nightlong

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adjective

  1. throughout the night
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of nightlong1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtlang (adverb) “for the space of a nightâ€; night, long 1
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As they roamed the streets, the protesters set off small fires that would soon draw in the police, in what has become a nightlong game of cat-and-mouse.

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Known as the Argus Array Pathfinder, it will register changes in the stars second by second, essentially making a nightlong celestial movie.

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Appearing in fitted tops and mini skirts after nightlong partying, Naomi is, well, the black sheep in more ways than the most obvious racial one.

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But tonight the wind is blowing out, and he just didn’t give them any swings all nightlong.â€

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In the second, a big group of psychotherapists have a tetchy nightlong dinner in a pancake house.

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