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night-cellar (複数形 night-cellars)

1. (historical) A cellar open to the public at night for the purchase of food, drink, and entertainment, primarily in London, England in the 18th century.
   • 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, または III), London: Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 558204586:

     The palace, the night-cellar, the jail, the madhouse: the chambers of birth and death, of health and sickness, the rigid face of the corpse and the calm sleep of the child: midnight was upon them all.