Nutcrack Night
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
All Hallows' Eve, when it is customary in some places to crack nuts in large quantities.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Nutcrack Night” mean?
All Hallows' Eve, when it is customary in some places to crack nuts in large quantities.
Is “Nutcrack Night” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.