"first night" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: first nights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first night (plural first nights)
  1. The first public performance of a play or other show, normally assumed to be held in the evening.
    Sense id: en-first_night-en-noun-XSchc8ca Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 10 11
  2. The first night after marriage.
    Sense id: en-first_night-en-noun-Q3b7vSQ-
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, night.
    Sense id: en-first_night-en-noun-lKPnMIZy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: first-nighter

Inflected forms

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