night coach

or nightcoach

noun

the class of airline coach at a lower fare than regularly offered, often restricted to late-night journeys.

First recorded in 1835–45; night + coach

This he would not hear of, as the night-coach was on the point of starting.

At eight o'clock the father and child were seated in the night-coach, with one other passenger—a man muffled up to the chin.

At eight o'clock the father and child were seated in the night-coach, with one other passenger,—a man muffled up to the chin.

You had better come with me by the night-coach, if you would see the last of him, young man.'

He has informed Mrs. Wakefield that he is to take the night-coach into the country.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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