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convict hour

convict hour proper noun: around four to five o'clock in the morning.

Proper noun

the convict hour

  1. Around four to five o'clock in the morning.
    • At the convict hour between four and five when even those with the least to fear are darkened and sober, and back away from waking.1951 Autumn, Saul Bellow, “The Coblins”, in The Sewanee Review, volume 59, number 4, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →JSTOR, page 651
    • The beauty of four in the morning is not its furnishings and décor, but its aim-lessness and stolen quality. I suppose that's why Cappy always calls it “The Convict Hour.”2008, Laura Pedersen, The Big Shuffle, Random House

Origin of convict hour

convict + hour, as criminal activities might be expected to take place in the quiet hours of the night.

Questions about convict hour

What does convict hour mean?
Convict hour means around four to five o'clock in the morning.
What part of speech is convict hour?
Convict hour is a proper noun.

Words near convict hour in the dictionary

  1. convicinity
  2. convicious
  3. convict
  4. convict cichlid
  5. convict cichlids
  6. convict hour
  7. convictable
  8. convictdom
  9. convicted
  10. convictee
  11. convictees

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