small hours
plural nounDefinition of small hours
: the early morning hours
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To sip strong aromatic coffee from midnight to the small hours always brings something interesting to the page. — Deborah Levy, The Cut, "The Cost of Living," 1 July 2018 To continue reading this story, TRY IT NOW Those days seemed far away in the wee small hours of Thursday morning. — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, "Saldaña and Brockhouse engage in email spat over smuggling incident," 11 Jan. 2018 There was once in New York, not all that long ago, but certainly no longer, power tables fully occupied in the wee small hours of every morning in great saloons throughout our fair city. — Richard E. Farley, Town & Country, "Now That The Four Seasons Is Closing, Where Will the Power Lunch Crowd Go Next?," 26 July 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'small hours.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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