"a hair past a freckle" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1987, Joan Silber, In the City, New York: Penguin Books, published 1988, page 91",
          "text": "\"What time is it?\" she said.¶ \"A hair past a freckle,\" he said, pretending to look at his wrist.",
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          "ref": "1994, Terry & Wayne Baltz, The Invisible Kid and the Killer Cat, Fort Collins: Prairie Divide Productions, page 85",
          "text": "Eddie cocked his elbow and looked at his watch-less wrist. \"A hair past a freckle, Eastern Elbow Time,\" he said. He gave Mrs. Marvelle his goofy grin.",
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          "ref": "2006, Jeff House, Writing Is Dialogue, Norwood: Christopher-Gordon, page 178",
          "text": "I bussed it to The New Fruiton Times building and arrived at a hair past a freckle. I don't own a watch either.",
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          "ref": "2010, Alan Call, The Warf-A-Tron Report, Xlibris",
          "text": "\"What time it is?\" Jim looked at his empty wrist and said, \"Just a hair past a freckle.\"",
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          "ref": "2011, Adrianne Byrd, King's Passion, New York: Kimani Press, pages 42–43",
          "text": "\"What time is it?\" the guy asked, looking at his wrist and seeming disappointed to discover that he didn't have on a watch.¶ Eamon thought he'd help by looking at his own watch, but his was gone, too. \"It's a hair past a freckle, apparently.\"",
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          "text": "He looked at his left wrist, as if there were a watch there. Scott Shamwell never wears a watch, and yet he always does this when time of day is at issue. I always point out that he isn't wearing a watch, and he always says \"So? I can see that it's half a hair past a freckle.\" This makes me laugh, so we do it every time.",
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        "(humorous) Said when asked the time, humorously indicating that one does not know or does not care to check, or that one is not wearing a wristwatch and that nothing is to be seen on the wrist but hairs and freckles."
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