"night meal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: night meals [plural]
Etymology: From night + meal. Head templates: {{en-noun}} night meal (plural night meals)
  1. A meal eaten at night; a late supper. Synonyms: supper-time, night-meal, nightmeal Coordinate_terms: daymeal
    Sense id: en-night_meal-en-noun-qnFgONBq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:",
          "text": "Hippolyte appreciates Delphine's erotic tutelage […] but feels anxious and dyspeptic, as if she has eaten too rich a night meal.",
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        "A meal eaten at night; a late supper."
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          "supper",
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