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  • adjective Attributive form of quarter past, noun.

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Examples

  • 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

  • The next morning, at quarter-past six, Martin was routed out for a quarter-to-seven breakfast.

    Chapter 16 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • He waited until quarter-past eleven, when Mr. Douglas upon his usual nightly round came into the room.

    Chennai 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • She left the "Royal Clarence" at about a quarter-past ten and went home.

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

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