Hi
Please, what does "a board night" mean?
I almost sure that the second "board" in this context means "the decision-making body of an organization". But I'm utterly not sure about the first one.
Oliver had not been within the walls of the workhouse a quarter of an hour, and had scarcely completed the demolition of a second slice of bread, when Mr. Bumble, who had handed him over to the care of an old woman, returned; and, telling him it was a board night, informed him that the board had said he was to appear before it forthwith.
Source: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Thank you in advance.
Please, what does "a board night" mean?
I almost sure that the second "board" in this context means "the decision-making body of an organization". But I'm utterly not sure about the first one.
Oliver had not been within the walls of the workhouse a quarter of an hour, and had scarcely completed the demolition of a second slice of bread, when Mr. Bumble, who had handed him over to the care of an old woman, returned; and, telling him it was a board night, informed him that the board had said he was to appear before it forthwith.
Source: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Thank you in advance.
