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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

nochy n.

[Ital. notte/Sp. noche, night]

(Ling. Fr./Polari) night.

1996		H. Young Lex. of Polari 🌐 nochy night.
2019		P. Baker Fabulosa 295/2: nochy night.

In compounds

nochy bog (n.)

(N.Z. gay) a public lavatory that attracts the bulk of its soliciting users at night.

2007		W. Ings ‘A Convenient Exchange’ in Public Space 3 18: Nochy [...] bogs [...] were cruised at night [...] A bog that had its lights broken to provide some security of darkness at night was called a nochy bog.
2010		W. Ings ‘Trolling the Beat to Working the Soob’ in Int’l Jrnl Lexicog. 23:1 64: In avoiding the attentions of a charpering omi (policeman) he might often frequent a nochy bog (a toilet that attracted men at night) or a goolie bog (one that had been vandalised to remove light fittings.