closing time
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
Canadian usage; British usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Sometimes when you sit in a restaurant, still stuffing yourself half an hour after closing time, you feel that the tired waiter at your side must surely be despising you."
- "all the women tear their blouses off / and the men they dance on the polka-dots / and it's partner found, it's partner lost / and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: / it's closing time"
- "No. You're supposed to die for me. By the way, I did think of asking you to join my little scheme, but somehow I knew that 007's loyalty was always to the mission — never to his friend. Closing time, James. Last call."
Usage
- Canadian usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable