cocktail hour
noun
the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
Origin of cocktail hour
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby cocktail hour
cocksucker,
cocksure,
cockswain,
cocktail,
cocktail glass,
cocktail hour,
cocktail lounge,
cocktail party,
cocktail party, the,
cocktail ring,
cocktail sauce
Example sentences from the Web for cocktail hour
They found a table at the rear of the room, out of the worst of the cocktail-hour uproar.
Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper