English

Noun

all-nighter ‎(plural all-nighters)

1. Something that lasts throughout the whole night.

   That party was an all-nighter.

2. (Britain, crime, slang) A session with a prostitute covering the entire night.
3. (Britain, crime, slang) A client of a prostitute who has paid for the entire night.
4. (US, crime, slang) A criminal or other person kept in jail over night.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): see Wikisaurus:prostitute's client

Derived terms

• pull an all-nighter

References

• Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2007