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- noun colloquial Any time close to
eight o'clock .
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Examples
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Other than the eightish hours of traveling each way*, it was very relaxing and enjoyable.
Archive 2008-12-01 Peggy 2008
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There are two variants: the chic early evening, from 6pm, where everybody downs a sharpener or two and then leaves at eightish, to have dinner elsewhere.
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Other than the eightish hours of traveling each way*, it was very relaxing and enjoyable.
Happy New Year! Peggy 2008
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In the morning around eightish, the yellow bar seemed to be full again, and the estimated time indicated was 1 hour.
Update from hell nathreee 2007
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Supposed to get into the Boston station around eightish.
Off to Readercon 08 maryrobinette 2008
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Shrimp mumbled, Next Saturday, eightish, party for the parents.
shrimp Rachel Cohn 2005
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Shrimp mumbled, Next Saturday, eightish, party for the parents.
shrimp Rachel Cohn 2005
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Who would be vaccuuming in a no doubt thin-walled apartment building, eightish on a holiday morning?
Memorial Day K. A. Laity 2005
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Shrimp mumbled, Next Saturday, eightish, party for the parents.
shrimp Rachel Cohn 2005
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Shrimp mumbled, Next Saturday, eightish, party for the parents.
shrimp Rachel Cohn 2005
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