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curfew
/ˈkɝ.fju/
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What does curfew mean?
noun
- Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
- A regulation requiring loud or disruptive activities such as concerts and sporting events to end by a certain time.
- The time when such restriction begins.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A signal indicating this time.
- A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
- The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
- (historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɝ.fju/
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Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
The curfew was still rung in Casterbridge, and it was utilized by the inhabitants as a signal for shutting their shops.
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Natives must not be out after the curfew bell without a pass.
He walked with her back to the château; the curfew had tolled for the laborious villagers of Fleurières, and the street was unlighted and empty.
The second cock hath crow’d, The curfew bell hath rung, ’tis three o’clock.