wine o'clock

noun

The time of the first glass of wine (or alcoholic beverage) of the day.

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Meanings

nounwine o'clock (uncountable)
  1. humorousslanguncountableThe time of the first glass of wine (or alcoholic beverage) of the day.

    (mm - how long till wine o'clock? Damn, I think it's still about 3 or 4 hours!)

    2000 August 31, The Evil Queen [username], “Re: Where ya from?”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    Then I'd spend Saturday a bundle of hangover nerves, waiting for Saturday wine o'clock to make it disappear.

    2014, Binki Laidler, Staying Sober: How to Control the Drink Demon, Accent Press, →ISBN

    Thank God it was wine o'clock. I gulped, rather than sipped my glass of wine, then fell back in the armchair.

    2014, Belinda Williams, The Boyfriend Sessions, Momentum, →ISBN
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APA

wine o'clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20o'clock

MLA

“wine o'clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20o'clock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wine o'clock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wine%20o'clock.

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