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Meanings of wee hours in English

Russian
послеполуночное время

Very early hours of the morning, between midnight and sunrise.

послеполуночное время
Synonyms
Examples for "wee small hours"
Examples for "wee small hours"
1
Last night, Keith Barry stayed up again until the wee small hours.
The Irish Times
2
Maybe a name will pop into your head in the wee small hours.
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
3
The heavy hunting-case watch lying upon the dressing-case pointed to the wee small hours.
Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life
4
In the wee small hours of the morning, informality grew.
The new yorker
5
The bars keep serving until the wee small hours and still, there's no bother.
The Irish Times
1
Occasionally, Elizabeth heard him leave in the small hours of the morning.
The lady elizabeth
2
We reached Portogruaro in the small hours of the 31st of October.
With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
3
A mysterious visitor had called upon the Governor in the small hours.
The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
4
The same night, well on in the small hours, the telephone rang.
A Man of Means
5
And, sure enough, in the small hours of the morning, it was.
The Blue Lagoon
1
The last reveler didn't leave until the wee hours of the morning.
For the love of mike
2
Then, in the wee hours of the morning, Chester's cell phone rang.
Wired
3
They arrived back at Sarah's home in the wee hours of the morning.
Once bitten, twice dead
4
I told him what had happened in the wee hours of the morning.
Bones of the Lost
5
She'd at last gotten to sleep in the wee hours of the morning.
Provenance
Usage of wee hours in English
1
It's already clear that Instinet won't be alone in the wee hours.
Wired
2
The last reveler didn't leave until the wee hours of the morning.
For the love of mike
3
Seek it out in the wee hours on the more obscure channels.
The Irish Times
4
Then, in the wee hours of the morning, Chester's cell phone rang.
Wired
5
They'd sat in the living room and talked until the wee hours.
The story of edgar sawtelle
6
We both saw Wendy's face in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
The witch of agnesi
7
In the wee hours this morning I coined a new phrase.
The South African
8
They arrived back at Sarah's home in the wee hours of the morning.
Once bitten, twice dead
9
I was pretty sure it was the wee hours of Thursday morning now.
Coyote dreams
10
I told him what had happened in the wee hours of the morning.
Bones of the Lost
11
I'd done my duty in the wee hours of Friday morning.
Bones of the Lost
12
I said goodbye to McCarthy in the wee hours of Saturday, March 16.
True compass: a memoir
13
A strike in the wee hours might work in his favor.
Desperate cargo
14
For the chance to run amok in the wee hours of the night.
Pines
15
The third missed call was from First Date, sometime in the wee hours.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
16
He was arrested for drug dealing in the wee hours of July sixth.
Murder most frothy
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