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ˈquitting-time Chiefly U.S.
Also Sc. quating-time.
[f. quitting vbl. n. + time n.]
The time at which work is ended for the day.
1835D. Webster Orig. Scot. Rhymes 165 Should he come when crowdie time, Or quating time draws on, Our bairns maun todlin meet wi' him. 1850H. C. Watson Camp Fires Revol. 111 Every day, he'd come into the workshop, about quitting time, and follow me up to the house. 1888J. Kirkland McVeys 203 Once more Strafford sought Phil at the shop at ‘quitting-time’, after the latter had got in and cleaned his engine. 1906Dialect Notes III. 122 Quittin time, regular expression for the time to cease work. 1958P. Oliver in P. Gammond Decca Bk. of Jazz i. 21 There were, and still are, hollers that told the time of day, that announced ‘quitting-time’ or summoned the water-boy. 1977Rolling Stone 19 May 18/2 A sign near the kitchen reads: if you don't believe the dead come back to life, you should be here at quitting time. |