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- adjective Attributive form of
quarter past , noun.
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Examples
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And, Vitrue discovered, fans posted and commented more on items published during the first fifteen minutes of the hour than on posts published at quarter-past, half-past, and quarter-to the hour.
Study Shows When Facebook Users Are Most Active The Huffington Post 2010
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The next morning, at quarter-past six, Martin was routed out for a quarter-to-seven breakfast.
Chapter 16 2010
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Among those who carry the banner, Green Park has the reputation of opening its gates earlier than the other parks, and at quarter-past four in the morning, I, and many more, entered Green Park.
CARRYING THE BANNER 2010
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And, Vitrue discovered, fans posted and commented more on items published during the first fifteen minutes of the hour than on posts published at quarter-past, half-past, and quarter-to the hour.
Study Shows When Facebook Users Are Most Active The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He waited until quarter-past eleven, when Mr. Douglas upon his usual nightly round came into the room.
Chennai 2010
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It was a quarter-past nine when I started from home and made my way across the Park, and so through Oxford Street to Baker Street.
Sole Music 2010
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When the doorbell buzzed at a quarter-past eight, she had been awake and dressed and going through the case files for nearly two hours.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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He was a late riser, as a rule, and as the clock on the mantelpiece showed me that it was only a quarter-past seven, I blinked up at him in some surprise, and perhaps just a little resentment, for I was myself regular in my habits.
Sole Music 2010
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When the doorbell buzzed at a quarter-past eight, she had been awake and dressed and going through the case files for nearly two hours.
FALSE MERMAID ERIN HART 2010
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She left the "Royal Clarence" at about a quarter-past ten and went home.
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