What does "overnight" mean?
Overnight: The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening. [R.] Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight. I had been telling her all that happened overnight. Dickens.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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