six o'clock

six o'clock
The start of the seventh hour of the day in both the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock; 6:00.

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  • Six o'clock swill — The Six o clock swill was the last minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. During a significant part of the 20th century, Australian and New Zealand hotels shut their public bars at 6 p.m.; between finishing work (5 p.m.) and… …   Wikipedia

  • Six o’clock swill — Demonstration in South Australia gegen Änderungen der Öffnungszeiten vor dem Referendum 1938 Der Six o clock swill bezeichnete den Ansturm auf Hotelbars in Australien und Neuseeland, um alkoholische Getränke zu trinken, bevor die Bar bereits zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Six O'Clock Rock — infobox television show name = 6 O Clock Rock caption = format = Music runtime = creator = starring = Johnny O Keefe country = Australia network = ABC Television first aired = 1959 last aired = 1962 num episodes = imdb id = tv com id= | 6 O Clock …   Wikipedia

  • Six O'Clock News — Infobox Film name = Six O Clock News caption = Six O Clock News theatrical poster. director = Ross McElwee producer = David Fanning Ross McElwee Robin Parmelee Michael Sullivan writer = Ross McElwee starring = Ross McElwee Charleen Swansea Yung… …   Wikipedia

  • six o'clock swill —    Australian/New Zealand    an excessive drinking of beer    An Antipodean phenomenon arising from aridity, machismo, thirst, and unhelpful licensing laws:     During those months we considered their sunlit way of life in every State, from… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • six o'clock swill — noun Colloquial the accelerated hectic consumption of alcohol in a hotel formerly occurring just before six p.m. when the bars closed for the day …  

  • Thai six-hour clock — The six hour clock is one of two time systems used by Thais (the other being the 24 hour clock).The system has been used in some form since the days of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, but was codified in its present form in 1901 by King Chulalongkorn (in… …   Wikipedia

  • by six o'clock — no later than six o clock, until six o clock …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Six o'clock swill — (NSW) (formerly) a hectic session of buying and drinking beers by men in a public bar near to closing time, which from 1916 to 1955 was, for many hotels, 6 p.m …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • six o'clock swill — Australian Slang (NSW) (formerly) a hectic session of buying and drinking beers by men in a public bar near to closing time, which from 1916 to 1955 was, for many hotels, 6 p.m …   English dialects glossary

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