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hour of cause

hour of cause noun: a time of trial or difficulty.

Noun

hour of cause

  1. (Scotland) A time of trial or difficulty.
    • How sad my case, then, when my hour of cause arrived, and I could lay my hands absolutely on nothing that I could carry away, and very little to eat.1875, Alexander Pyne, Reminiscences of Colonial Life

Questions about hour of cause

What does hour of cause mean?
Hour of cause means a time of trial or difficulty.
What part of speech is hour of cause?
Hour of cause is a noun.

Words near hour of cause in the dictionary

  1. hour circles
  2. hour glass
  3. hour glasses
  4. hour hand
  5. hour hands
  6. hour of cause
  7. hour of glory
  8. hour of need
  9. hour-glass
  10. hour-glass figure
  11. hour-glasses

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