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n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night.
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adj. lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
Word Usage
"At least I would be able to go home and get some sleep, a luxury unavailable to Alan, Sam, and many other senior Bear Stearns people, not to mention the bankers and bankruptcy crews who had settled in for an allnight ordeal."