- the small hours ⇒ the early hours of the morning, after midnight and before dawn
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
small′ hours′,
- hours after midnight;
early morning hours:We danced into the small hours.
- 1830–40
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small hours pl n
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