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long hours

long hours noun: long work shifts. Also the plural of long hour.

Noun

long hours

  1. Long work shifts.
    • I was working long hours at the time, and the quality of my housekeeping was suffering commensurately.

Also used as

long hours is also the plural of long hour.

Questions about long hours

What does long hours mean?
Long hours means long work shifts.
What part of speech is long hours?
Long hours is a noun.

Words near long hours in the dictionary

  1. long home
  2. long homes
  3. long hop
  4. long hops
  5. long hour
  6. long hours
  7. long house
  8. long houses
  9. long hundred
  10. long hundreds
  11. long hunter

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