ladies-of-the-night

  

la·dies-of-the-night

[ley-deez-uhv-thuh-nahyt]
noun
plural of lady-of-the-night.
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la·dy-of-the-night

[ley-dee-uhv-thuh-nahyt]
noun, plural la·dies-of-the-night.
a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
Origin:
1865–70

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