twelve o'clock at night

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He will stand at his desk folding and pasting and cutting until twelve o’clock at night.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The labouring ox is said to kneel at twelve o’clock at night, preceding the day of the Nativity; the bees are heard to sing at the same hour.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

If you won't stay here, you will put me to the inconvenience of turning out and going to an hotel at twelve o'clock at night.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon

I saw my mother every time I went to de house for something to eat, about twelve o'clock at night.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

Sometimes the men had to shuck corn till eleven and twelve o'clock at night.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration