The administration always saved bad news for the four-o'clock mail drop-off on Fridays. From Wordnik.com. [One Of The Family]
"We shall just catch the four-o'clock train very comfortably if we go now," Godfrey replied. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.] Reference
The handsome china can be displayed at a four-o'clock tea, if it is not too large, to the best advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
Even his unprotected boyhood had been shielded from four-o'clock journeys in the wintry woods heretofore. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
Her husband would free for an hour or so after lunch but had a four-o'clock ointment he would have to keep. From Wordnik.com. [Triple Jeopardy]
Her and the judge got in with the two children down in front, and they drove off to catch the four-o'clock train. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
On rainy days it was customary to lay the card-tables at ten o'clock in the morning, and on all days the work began immediately after the four-o'clock dinner. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
And so back to my aunt's in time to make a careful toilet for the four-o'clock dinner, when there were sure to be guests, more or less distinguished, but always interesting. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
They had planned to catch the four-o'clock train for New York. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents A Story for Lovers] Reference
Brauner hurried to the kitchen to make ready for four-o'clock coffee and cake. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Hunter] Reference
Mrs. Brauner hurried to the kitchen to make ready for four-o'clock coffee and cake. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Hunter] Reference
"Ah, then the women would insist upon our making it four-o'clock tea," said another. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance] Reference
And women love extremes -- to pass from silk and luxury to four-o'clock matins, and the. From Wordnik.com. [London Pride Or When the World Was Younger] Reference
During the summer term they were allowed to carry their four-o'clock tea into the garden. From Wordnik.com. [The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life] Reference
One kind, however, opens earlier in the afternoon, and so that is known as the 'four-o'clock flower.'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
Their minds, unconsciously, were definitely fixed on the four-o'clock drink that stimulated the old nerves. From Wordnik.com. [Half Portions] Reference
"Well, I will meet you in front of the Basilica after the four-o'clock procession, and you can come with me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 3] Reference
The shriek of the engine of the four-o'clock Northern express brought but few of the usual loungers to the depot. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Argonauts] Reference
On the other hand, the four-o'clock closes in the morning and opens again late in the afternoon, around four o'clock. From Wordnik.com. Reference
To heighten the illusion, he had himself called regularly with the four-o'clock watch, in order not to miss the mornings. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900] Reference
She came on the two-o'clock train and went away on the four-o'clock, and her visit was like a window flung open to the azure. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists] Reference
Augustus told me he had business in town, and would stay the night and over Sunday, arriving at Dane Mount by the four-o'clock train on. From Wordnik.com. [The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel] Reference
"Mr. Gwynn," quoth Richard, "you will catch the four-o'clock limited to. From Wordnik.com. [The President A novel] Reference
So Lizzie she tole him then he could come to their place, and he sayed he'd be out this after in the four-o'clock stage. ". From Wordnik.com. [Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch] Reference
A suit-case, and catch the four-o'clock train -- but I couldn't go without sending a word to let you know how much I appreciate my. From Wordnik.com. [Daddy-Long-Legs] Reference
"No," I said; "I'm obliged to be off by the four-o'clock train. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Patient Lovers] Reference
"Oh, I know," she said; "you wish to take the four-o'clock train. From Wordnik.com. [Parisian Points of View] Reference
I shall not move from here until the four-o'clock procession has passed by. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 4] Reference
She had found an ox-daisy and a four-o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [What Necessity Knows] Reference
Until the four-o'clock motor stage started for. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
A four-o'clock tea? ". From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
"They will be here by the four-o'clock train. From Wordnik.com. [The Master of the Shell] Reference
"No-to-day -- the four-o'clock train -- we've got an hour and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Cost] Reference
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