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eleventh hours

eleventh hours is the plural of eleventh hour.

Meaning of eleventh hour

Noun

eleventh hour (countable and uncountable, plural eleventh hours)

  1. (idiomatic) A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute.
    • If she repented, though at the eleventh hour, it was not too late.1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 85, in The Virginians

Questions about eleventh hours

What is eleventh hours the plural of?
Eleventh hours is the plural of eleventh hour.

Words near eleventh hours in the dictionary

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  3. eleventh graders
  4. eleventh grades
  5. eleventh hour
  6. eleventh hours
  7. Eleventh Month
  8. Eleventh Night
  9. eleventh-hour
  10. eleventhly
  11. elevenths

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