oh dark hundred
oh dark hundred · oh dark hundreds
Some unspecified hour in the early morningSome unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)
I had to get up at oh dark hundred to catch a plane.
Origin
From military time, in which hours before 10:00 am are prefixed with a zero, read as "oh",From military time, in which hours before 10:00 am are prefixed with a zero, read as "oh", and 00 minutes is read as "hundred", as in oh five-hundred for 5:00 am.
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Forms
plural: oh dark hundreds| Singular | oh dark hundred |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsSee also
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