monkey hour

noun

Late afternoon before sunset.

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Meanings

nounmonkey hour (plural monkey hours)

plural monkey hours

  1. Late afternoon before sunset.

    "I was makin' up a litter in the monkey-hour for a young puma which is ill[.]"

    1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 126
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APA

monkey hour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20hour

MLA

“monkey hour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20hour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monkey hour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monkey%20hour.

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