cocktail hour

idiom

: a time when people drink cocktails (such as before dinner)

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Inside the cocktail hour, Coppola’s daughters hung out with Jacobs and Defrancesco while Fanning and Byrne caught up. Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025 Buoniconti wore a tailored suit and glided regally through the cocktail hour looking like a retired senior U.S. Senator. Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 And what about the premeal cocktail hour? Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025 Key highlights include a networking lunch sponsored by AEG, an evening cocktail hour presented by Live Nation, and an awards ceremony recognizing leaders and innovators in the field. Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail hour

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“Cocktail hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20hour. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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