closing time en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Canada, UK, countable, uncountable) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
all the women tear their blouses off / and the men they dance on the polka-dots / and it's partner found, it's partner lost / and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: / it's closing time
1992, Leonard Cohen, “Closing Time”, in The Future:Sometimes when you sit in a restaurant, still stuffing yourself half an hour after closing time, you feel that the tired waiter at your side must surely be despising you.
1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:
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(UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.
No. You're supposed to die for me. By the way, I did think of asking you to join my little scheme, but somehow I knew that 007's loyalty was always to the mission — never to his friend. Closing time, James. Last call.
1995, Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein, GoldenEye, spoken by Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean):
- (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| closing times | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
when is closing time · closing time effect
Relateds
time · last call · last orders · drinking-up time
Translations (16)
nn stengetid (time when a pub closes) · de Ladenschluss (time when a pub closes) · nn stengjetid (time when a pub closes) · ca hora de tancament (time when a pub closes) · ga am dúnta (time when a pub closes) · ro oră de închidere (time when a pub closes) · de Sperrstunde (time when a pub closes) · de Polizeistunde (time when a pub closes) · nb stengetid (time when a pub closes) · cmn 關閉時間 /关闭时间 (time when a pub closes) · tr kapanma saati (time when a pub closes) · fi sulkemisaika (time when a pub closes) · ru вре́мя закры́тия (time when a pub closes) · nl sluitingstijd (time when a pub closes) · hu záróra (time when a pub closes) · cy amser cau (time when a pub closes)