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finest hours

finest hours is the plural of finest hour.

Meaning of finest hour

Noun

finest hour (plural finest hours)

  1. (idiomatic) A point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed.
    • Winston Churchill proclaimed today to his Parliament and people the beginning of "the battle for Britain" […] "Let us brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: ‘This was their finest hour.’"1940 June 18, “Churchill Says Hope Not Dead”, in San Jose Evening News, retrieved 28 Aug 2013, page 1

Questions about finest hours

What is finest hours the plural of?
Finest hours is the plural of finest hour.

Words near finest hours in the dictionary

  1. finesses
  2. finessing
  3. finessings
  4. finest
  5. finest hour
  6. finest hours
  7. finest-threaded
  8. finestructure
  9. finetooth
  10. finetooth shark
  11. finetooth sharks

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