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Definition of Happy hour
1. Noun. The time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price.
Definition of Happy hour
1. Noun. A time of day, usually in the afternoon or early evening, when a bar or pub offers its drinks at a discounted price. ¹
2. Noun. Any small gathering, usually in the afternoon or early evening, set aside to relax and have a drink. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Happy Hour
Literary usage of Happy hour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as by Susan Tracy Rice, Robert Haven Schauffler (1915)
"THE happy hour BY MARY FRANCES BUTTS The busy day is over, The household work is
done; The cares that fret the morning Have faded with the sun; ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Once, once have hapt, in which these kagie frames With death by fall might have
oppressed me. Could not that happy hour ferret and fomi, 0. PL, i, IS». ..."
3. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"For nini h o' bonnie bairns had she; Mair strappin lads ye wadna see; And her
braw lasses bore the gree Frae a' the rest o' Gowrie. AE happy hour. LAING. ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... sons, In happy hour! With theirs, sounds loud commingled, people's voice ; In
great mead-hall of royal ..."
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