bank night

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bangk nahyt]
- /bæŋk naɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bangk nahyt]
- /bæŋk naɪt/

Definitions of bank night words

noun bank night Informal. (especially in the 1930s) an evening when prizes are awarded to members of the audience at a motion-picture theater. 1
noun bank night (Idiomatic) An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning. 0

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Origin of bank night

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Bank night

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exclamation

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bank night popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

bank night usage trend in Literature

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