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Definition: NIGHTMAN |
NIGHTMANNoun1. One whose business is emptying privies by night. |
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Slang in 1811 | NIGHTMAN. One whose business it is to empty necessary houses in London, which is always done in the night; the operation is called a wedding. See WEDDING. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: NIGHTMAN |
| English words defined with "NIGHTMAN": Nightmen. (references) |
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Lyrics | Relax' said the nightman, We are programmed to receive. ("Hotel California"; performing artist: The Eagles) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "NIGHTMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rojë nate (night watch, night watchman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'ורף ביבים (gutter cleaner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pöcegödör tisztító. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Dooinney Oie (The Nightman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ightmannay noturno (nocturnal, nocuous, overpacking). (various references) ночной сторож (night watchman, night-watchman, watchman), ассенизатор. (various references) noćni čuvar (charley, night watchman). (various references) sereno (calm, clearheaded, composed, cool, easy, fair, lonely, night watchman, poised, self controlled, self possessed, serene, staid, untroubled, watchman). (various references) nattvakt (Charley, Charlie, night guard, night watch, night watchman, night-watchman, watchman), renhållningsarbetare (dustman, scavenger). (various references) асенізатор. (various references) người đổ thùng, công nhân vệ sinh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "NIGHTMAN" (pronounced 'Night"man'): Airman, Almsman, Artsman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Coachman, Cogman, Copeman, Cousin-german, Cracksman, Craftsman, Cragsman, Dalesman, Daysman, Deathsman, Desman, Dodman, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draftsman, Dragman, Draughtsman, Drayman, Dustman, Dutchman, Exciseman, Expressman, fireman, Firman, Flagman, Flyman, foeman, footman, Foreman, Forgeman, freedman, Freeman, Frenchman, freshman, Gabelleman, Gadsman, Gateman, Gleeman, Goman, Goodman, Greco-Roman, Griman, groomsman, guardsman, Hackman, HANGMAN, headman, headsman, helmsman, henchman, Henxman, Hetman, hodman, Hoodman, Horseman, Hoyman, huntsman, iceman, inhuman, Jackman, Kinsman, Kirkman, Krooman, Laceman, Lademan, landman, landsman, layman, Leadman, Leadsman, Leetman, Leman, Lemman, liegeman, Lightman, Liman, lineman, lockman, Logman, Lopeman, Loresman, madman, maltman, Marchman, Markman, marksman, Meresman, Merman, milkman, Mintman, Mootman, Newsman, Norseman, Northman, Oarsman, Oilman, Othman, Packman, Passman, Patrolman, Penman, Pieman, Pitman, Placeman, Plainsman, Pleaseman, Pointsman, Policeman, Portman, Postman, Potman, Preachman, Preterhuman, Privateersman, Prizeman, Proseman, Questman, Raftsman, Ranchman, Ringman, Rodsman, roundsman, salesman, Sandman, Sayman, Sceneman, Schoolman, Scotsman, Scytheman, seedman, seedsman, selectman, shaman, Shearman, Shipman, Shopman, showman, sidesman, Sightsman, Silkman, Sitheman, Skyman, Socman, Sokeman, Spaeman, Spearman, Spoilsman, spokesman, sportsman, Staffman, Staithman, Stallman, statesman, steersman, Sternsman, stockman, superhuman, Surfman, switchman, Swordman, swordsman, Tacksman, Talesman, Textman, Tidesman, Tillman, Tineman, Tinman, Toftman, tollman, Topman, Topsman, townsman, Toyman, Trackman, tradesman, Transhuman, Tripeman, Truchman, Truckman, Trudgeman, Tubman, Tupman, Turfman, unhuman, Verseman, Viceman, Wardsman, Watchman, Wealsman, Welchman, Welshman, Whaleman, Wheelman, Woodman, Woolman, Wordsman, Workman, Yachtman, Yachtsman, Yeman, Yeoman, Yuman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-m-n-n-t" | |
-1 letter: hanting. | |
-2 letters: anting, hating, mating, naming, taming, tinman. | |
-3 letters: gamin, giant, matin, might, night, ninth, thing. | |
-4 letters: agin, amin, anti, gain, gait, ghat, gnat, hang, hant, hint, magi, main, math, mina, mint, nigh, tain, tang, than, thin, ting. | |
-5 letters: aim, ain, ait, ami, ani, ant, gam, gan, gat, ghi, gin, git, hag, ham, hat, him, hin, hit, inn, mag, man, mat, mig, nag, nah, nam, nan, nim, nit, nth, tag, tam, tan, tin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-m-n-n-t" | |
+1 letter: antheming. | |
+3 letters: garnishment, machinating, marathoning, merchanting. | |
+4 letters: garnishments, hamstringing, languishment, marathonings. | |
+5 letters: grantsmanship, hemagglutinin, languishments, pathognomonic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 49 47 48 54 4D 41 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. --. .... - -- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 01001101 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N I G H T M A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0049 0047 0048 0054 004D 0041 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4843414254473548 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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