one-nighter

English

Etymology

one night +‎ -er

Noun

one-nighter (plural one-nighters)

  1. Synonym of one-night stand (single evening's performance)
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 360:
      That evening, the Epsilons got to sing for Redding, who asked the boys to join his Revue. Gene, John, and Alan remained in the entourage for a year before tiring of the one-nighter grind.
  2. Synonym of one-night stand (single sexual encounter)
    • 1980 April 19, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
      I am clean, sincere, not out for 1 nighters. Lking for gd friend, definitely relationship.
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