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

The other hand rested lazily at the twelve o’clock position on the steering wheel, pointing one finger up the road at an old splintered sign.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith