"Mischief Night" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Mischief Nights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|head=Mischief Night}} Mischief Night (plural Mischief Nights)
  1. (UK, Canada, US) A particular night during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
    (dated, originally) The night before May Day.
    Tags: Canada, UK, US, dated
    Sense id: en-Mischief_Night-en-name-XyprHbCc Categories (other): American English, British English, Canadian English
  2. (UK, Canada, US) A particular night during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
    (UK) Mostly practiced in the North West of England, Mischief night (“missie night” in Liverpool ) is the 30th of October (the night before Halloween).
    Tags: Canada, UK, US Synonyms (Chicago, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, coastal New England): Devil's Night [especially] Synonyms (Liverpool): Mizzy Night Synonyms (around New York City): Goosey Night Synonyms (around New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island): Trick Night, Gate Night Synonyms (upstate New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont): Cabbage Night (english: especially in upstate New York, Vermont, and Bergen County, NJ) [New-York-City]
    Sense id: en-Mischief_Night-en-name-9hRkPt90 Categories (other): American English, British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 62 21 Disambiguation of 'Chicago, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey, coastal New England': 12 69 19 Disambiguation of 'Liverpool': 5 91 4 Disambiguation of 'around New York City': 10 68 22 Disambiguation of 'around New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island': 12 60 27 Disambiguation of 'upstate New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont': 18 67 15
  3. (UK, Canada, US) A particular night during which young people play pranks and do mischief in their neighborhoods.
    (US, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and especially New Jersey) The night of the 30th to the 31st of October (the night before Halloween).
    Tags: Canada, New-Jersey, New-York, Pennsylvania, UK, US, especially

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