evening school

noun

1. night school.

Word History and Origins

Origin of evening school¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Shift workers might not have the same time and leeway as white-collar employees to attend evening school board meetings or morning parent coffees.

From Washington Post

Luke Knox died Wednesday evening, school officials said.

From Seattle Times

A bomb threat was called in to Norfolk State University on Tuesday evening, school officials said in a statement.

From Washington Post

Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt kept an evening school in the village; that is to say, she was a ridiculous old woman of limited means and unlimited infirmity, who used to go to sleep from six to seven every evening, in the society of youth who paid two pence per week each, for the improving opportunity of seeing her do it.

From Literature

I recalled the hopeless circumstances by which she had been surrounded in the miserable little shop and the miserable little noisy evening school, with that miserable old bundle of incompetence always to be dragged and shouldered.

From Literature