eveninger
n.— «Here is what the Eveninger Madrid’s correspondent reports of the gloomy last night of Monte Carlo.» —“Germans Dry Up A Golden Oasis in Monte Carlo” by AP in Madrid, Spain Chicago Daily Tribune Mar. 5, 1944. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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