Word info

first night

Noun

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first,‎ night.

The first public performance of a play or other show, normally assumed to be held in the evening.
The first night was a disaster, and the cast were mostly in tears.

The first night after marriage.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

And the seventh rule is if this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight. Chuck Palahniuk

I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish. Larry David

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo. Richard Pryor

I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year's Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night. Rick Danko

She wore a wreath of roses The first night that we met. Thomas Haynes Bayly

On the gallows, the first night is the worst. Finnish Proverb

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