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Meaning of wine o'clock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The time of the first glass of wine (or alcoholic beverage) of the day.

humorous, slang, uncountable

Examples

“(mm - how long till wine o'clock? Damn, I think it's still about 3 or 4 hours!)”
“Then I'd spend Saturday a bundle of hangover nerves, waiting for Saturday wine o'clock to make it disappear.”
“Thank God it was wine o'clock. I gulped, rather than sipped my glass of wine, then fell back in the armchair.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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