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noun
a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Origin of happy hour First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby happy hour happy-clappy ,
happy dust ,
happy event ,
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Happy Jack ,
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She found any excuse to throw parties with her friends and family, whether for Halloween or happy hour .
I’ve never seen the patio where we’re set to host our happy hour the night before.
Having a community of friends who are always down to take in those landscapes on a happy hour hike is definitely a close second.
The group of six men decided to start having socially distant happy hour s on their lawn chairs in their shared cul-de-sac.
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
So, as far as Mexican officials like Peña Nieto are concerned, the goal is to keep their countrymen here — and keep them happy.
How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?
An hour later, he scored a second flight to Johannesburg for $380.
He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.
The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
Cousin George's position is such a happy one, that conversation is to him a thing superfluous.
Liszt gazed at "his Hans," as he calls him, with the fondest pride, and seemed perfectly happy over his arrival.
M'Bongo and his whole court are now clothed, I am happy to say, at least to a certain extent.
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British Dictionary definitions for happy hour
noun
a time, usually in the early evening, when some pubs or bars sell drinks at reduced prices
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Other Idioms and Phrases with happy hour
A period in the late afternoon or early evening when a bar or lounge features drinks at reduced prices. For example, The hotel bar has a happy hour from five to seven every day . [1960s]
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