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0-dark-hundred
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English
Noun
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en chiefly US _ military slang An otherwise unspecified time of night; some time when it is dark out.
en 1996 Richard Marcinko; John Weisman Green Team: Rogue Warrior III 4 Which is precisely why I'd volunteered as point man on this little jaunt, prowling and growling up the unlit stairwell of a Cairo slum at 0-dark-hundred to catch my quarry napping on his bedroll.
en 2011 Diane L. Sheridan Don't Forget the Flippin' E: A Memoir 290 It's late, and we have to get up at 0-dark-hundred to got to Paris in the AM.
Synonyms
en stupid o'clock, en wee small hours; see also Thesaurus:early morning
Related terms
en 0-dark-thirty
en dark thirty
en oh dark hundred
en oh dark thirty
en zero dark thirty
See also
en beer o'clock
en Times of day