bankers' hours

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plural noun

a short working day, especially one that extends from 9 or 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the hours during which banks were traditionally open to the public.

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How to use bankers' hours in a sentence

Is it sort of evidence of the Gladwellian 10,000 hours theory?
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In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.
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It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
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The place was well defended by earthworks and natural parapets, and for several hours the issue of the contest was doubtful.
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It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
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The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.
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To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
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