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rush hour
Also rush-hour.
[f. rush n.2 + hour.]
A period of the day during which the movement of people is at its height, esp. one during which large numbers of people are travelling to or from work. Also attrib.
1898Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 8/3 Trailer cars can be put on during the ‘rush hours’, mornings and evenings. 1907‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp 233 As solid as granite in the ‘rush-hour’ tide of humanity, stood the Man from Nome. 1926Daily Graphic 13 May 1 (caption) The ‘rush hour’ at Earl's Court yesterday. Travelling discomforts are mitigated by much good humour and politeness. 1931Morn. Post 18 Aug. 6/4 Rush-hour trains held up. 1932D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase iv. 50 The place is like the Corner House in the rush hour. 1955Times 17 June 9/4 Even now, great congestion is caused by traffic entering and leaving the park, particularly in the rush hours. 1961I. Murdoch Severed Head xxvii. 221 Through the rush-hour traffic the god that protects drunken men protected me. 1973‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iii. 32 It was the first of London's evening rush-hours, and their taxi made only a tedious stop-go progress. 1977B. Pym Quartet in Autumn ii. 17 A woman, slumped on a seat on the Underground platform while the rush hour crowds hurried past her. |