Definition of "hourslong" [hourslong]

• Alternative spelling of hours-long: lasting for hours. (adjective)

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• "RAS LANOUF, Libya AP -- Muammar Gaddafi's forces hammered rebels with tanks and rockets, turning their rapid advance into a panicked retreat in an hourslong battle Tuesday."
• "SÃO PAULO, Brazil—When the lights returned after an hourslong blackout in northeast Brazil early this month, the problems were just beginning for the Camaçari industrial park, one of the country's biggest."
• "With another winter storm taking aim at New York, Bloomberg's officials endured an hourslong hearing that was intense at times but mostly polite."