Definition of "dinner hour" []

• Dinnertime, the hour in which the dinner meal takes place (noun)
• The hour from 18h00 (6 p.m.) to 19h00 (7 p.m.) (noun)

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• "On the first day of his arrival Charley saw him hard at work in a little corn patch near the house all the morning; but when the dinner hour arrived and he and Walter repaired to their chamber to prepare for the meal, Uncle Thomas brought them water and towels, and insisted on helping them to make their toilettes."
• "They make it possible for salesmen and bill collectors to harrass their customers during the dinner hour or at other inconvenient times without the least risk of a poke in the snoot."
• "It was past the dinner hour when I entered the inviting-looking dining room of this Southern hostelry, the only person visible being a small sized girl who timidly came forward"