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office hours
plural noun
- the hours during which a professional person or an office conducts regular business.
- the hours a person spends working in an office.
office hours
plural noun
- the hours during which an office is open for business
- the number of hours worked in an office
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Word History and Origins
Origin of office hours1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
I have a dressmaker, unique thing— Oh, don't stare at the clothes I have on; I have to dress this way during office-hours.
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It was past office-hours, and Jenifer having been told that Peter would dine up-town, had departed on his own leave of absence.
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He devoted all his spare time and some of his office-hours to thinking out schemes for saving and retrenchment.
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Returning by the same way, we got back to Mandalay by office-hours on Monday.
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But when he had seen Stella's face he had forgotten office-hours.
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