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Definition of Night porter
1. Noun. A porter on duty during the night.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Porter
Literary usage of Night porter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti by William Michael Rossetti (1906)
"It was at that moment that I first noticed the absence of the watch and chain :
so I opened the door, very scantily clad, to speak to the night-porter once ..."
2. An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846: With a Picture of the by Terence McMahon Hughes (1847)
"The value of French books of travel.—A dissatisfied Englishman.—The Parador
Boots.—The night porter.—Advice to Travellers.— I start for Madrid. ..."
3. An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846: With a Picture of the by Terence McMahon Hughes (1847)
"The night porter.—Advice to Travellers.— I start for Madrid. Burgos, September 23.
NOT a post-horse can be had for love or money. I have just returned from ..."
4. European Reminiscences, Musical and Otherwise: Being the Recollections of by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"In an evil moment I had left the hotel in a hurry, in the early morning, and thus
had tipped only the night porter and his subordinates. ..."
5. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1904)
"It was a quarter to nine, and the head hall-porter was abdicating his pagoda to
the head night-porter and telling him the necessary secrets of the day. ..."
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