Meanings
plural traintimes
- countableuncountableThe time when a railway train is scheduled to depart.
The gemmuns'll be gone then, at traintime.
1945, The New Yorker, volume 21, numbers 21-37, page 233 more examples
"What are you going to do until traintime?"
1944, Liberty, volume 21, number 1(If, however, the space has been released not later than 1 hour before traintime, the ticket may be exchanged for accommodations between the same or more distant points on the same railroad for a trip starting within 7 days).
1964, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, Hearings 1964 (volume 2, page 16)[…] the Permanent Commoners convening to their traintimes.
2010, Scott Symons, Combat Journal for Place d'Armes: A Personal Narrative, page 61
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