wine o'clock

English

Noun

wine o'clock (uncountable)

  1. (slang, humorous) The time of the first glass of wine (or alcoholic beverage) of the day.
    • 2000 August 31, The Evil Queen [username], “Re: Where ya from?”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom, Usenet:
      (mm - how long till wine o'clock? Damn, I think it's still about 3 or 4 hours!)
    • 2014, Binki Laidler, Staying Sober: How to Control the Drink Demon, Accent Press (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      Then I'd spend Saturday a bundle of hangover nerves, waiting for Saturday wine o'clock to make it disappear.
    • 2014, Belinda Williams, The Boyfriend Sessions, Momentum (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      Thank God it was wine o'clock.
      I gulped, rather than sipped my glass of wine, then fell back in the armchair.
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