Definitions

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  • noun colloquial Any time close to four o'clock.

Etymologies

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four +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Given that I observed at least one passenger on the boat listening to Kid Rock's "Amen" on an iPod during the relevant fourish hours in question, and also given that the ship's aft "Lido" deck buffet does in fact serve apple pie, this is hands down the most American thing I have ever done.

    Zac Hill: Being Cool With Having Stuff: At-Least-Potentially Guilt-Free Super Bowl Cruising Zac Hill 2011

  • Maybe they could count not up to five, but only to fourish?

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • Maybe they could count not up to five, but only to fourish?

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • Maybe they could count not up to five, but only to fourish?

    HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

  • The Saint, my wife of some twenty-fourish years, is a Scrabble addict.

    Just another FaceBook in the crowd (2) William "Papa" Meloney 2007

  • There is tremendous opportunity for business, of course, if it werent for The Party standing in the way of an actual free market what with the bribery, violence, threat of force, red tape, and lack of many rights that are necessary for free enterprose to fourish independent of the State.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Anyone Remember the Eighties? 2005

  • Hi - I have responded to your tagging, I used your format and assumed that I should do the same, It gopt me thinking back again, a bit step fourish isnt it.

    Tagged by Shadow Fathorse 2007

  • Matt Cheney's Holiday Book Picks -- I agree with all of these except the fourish I haven't read yet.

    November 2006 2006

  • Matt Cheney's Holiday Book Picks -- I agree with all of these except the fourish I haven't read yet.

    Tuesday Hangovers 2006

  • Matt Cheney's Holiday Book Picks -- I agree with all of these except the fourish I haven't read yet.

    Tuesday Hangovers 2006

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  • Interesting that the citations and tweets don't use it for time, mostly for "quantities of about 4". #RandomWord

    August 31, 2022