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witching hour

noun

  1. midnight:

    a rendezvous at the witching hour.



witching hour

noun

  1. the witching hour
    the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of witching hour1

First recorded in 1825鈥35
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Idioms and Phrases

Midnight, as in They arrived just at the witching hour . This term alludes to older superstitions concerning a time appropriate to witchcraft and other supernatural occurrences. Shakespeare and others wrote of 鈥渢he witching time of night.鈥 The precise phrase was first recorded in 1835.
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Or more recently, on a cold, rainy December night at The Witching Hour in Bushwick.

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Henry Cavill is going from 鈥淭he Witcher鈥 to the witching hour: The actor is expecting his first child with entertainment executive Natalie Viscuso, The Times has confirmed.

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The witching hour has begun, a disquieting moment for them to have nothing to do.

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As the witching hour approached, a buzzing crowd mingled, played themed character 亚洲网紅露点 and snagged official 鈥淚ron Flame鈥 merch as they waited to pick up their limited-edition hardcovers at midnight.

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Dusk is the witching hour at Accra Zoo.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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