twelve o'clock
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At twelve o’clock it gets dinner, composed of a tin of coarse Indian meal stirabout, and at half-past five it gets a piece of dry bread and a tin of water for its supper.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2018
“He’d shut it down about twelve o’clock, twelve-thirty. At seven in the morning, you’d hear it again.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2016
All his blots upon my documents, were dropped there after twelve o’clock, meridian.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2015
At precisely twelve o’clock on New Year’s Day, Oprah Winfrey welcomed television viewers to OWN, a cable channel that she says will espouse her “live your best life” mantra.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2011
We decide to head to the beach at twelve o’clock.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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