hour of cause

English

Noun

hour of cause (plural hours of cause)

  1. (Scotland) A time of trial or difficulty.
    • 1875, Alexander Pyne, Reminiscences of Colonial Life:
      How sad my case, then, when my hour of cause arrived, and I could lay my hands absolutely on nothing that I could carry away, and very little to eat.

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