"convict hour" meaning in All languages combined

See convict hour on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the convict hour [canonical]
Etymology: convict + hour, as criminal activities might be expected to take place in the quiet hours of the night. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the convict hour
  1. Around four to five o'clock in the morning.
    Sense id: en-convict_hour-en-name-2c1oNyaV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1951 Autumn, Saul Bellow, “The Coblins”, in The Sewanee Review, volume 59, number 4, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →JSTOR, page 651",
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          "ref": "2008, Laura Pedersen, The Big Shuffle, Random House",
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