† nick-timen.
Obsolete. rare.
in the nick-time: in the nick of time.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment
articlea1398
prick?c1422
crise?1541
push1563
in the nick1565
jump1598
concurrence1605
cardo1609
(the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610
edgea1616
climacterical1628
climacteric1633
in the nick-time1650
moment1666
turning-point1836
watershed1854
psychological moment1871
psychical moment1888
moment of truth1932
crunch1939
cruncher1947
high noon1955
break point1959
defining moment1967
midnight1976
1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 16 In troth not too early, for it was in the nick-time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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