MIDNIGHT
NOUNS
► DEAD HOUR OF NIGHT, THE midnight → 1870 Sc.
► DEVIL’S DANCING HOUR midnight → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAD OF THE DIM, THE midnight → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► MIDDLE-NIGHT midnight → c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MIRK-NIGHT midnight, the darkest hour of the night → 1819 Sc.
► NOON OF NIGHT midnight → 1710 poetic usage
► TWELVE O’ NIGHT midnight → 1873 Sc.
PHRASES
► TURN OF THE NIGHT passing midnight → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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