evening n EDD ~ sb 1; DAE 2 (1790-) for sense 1.
   1 The time between noon, or the midday meal, and twilight or dark; afternoon.
   1874 WHITE MS Journal 1 Apr Took 2 young Harps this evening. 1920 GRENFELL & SPALDING 14 They jerk their heads and remark, 'Good morning,' or, 'Good evening,' according as it is before or after mid-day. This is an afternoonless country. The day is divided into morning, evening, and night. [1929] 1964 BLONDAHL (ed) 76 "The Sealing Cruise of the Lone Flier": At four o'clock that evening we put her in the ice. 1936 SMITH 29 [We] arrived at Ramah at dark on Saturday evening. T 12-64 Mug-up was usually a light snack around four o'clock in the evening. 1966 FARIS 197 On the third day, the funeral is held ... usually in the early afternoon (or 'evening,' as the day past 12 is termed).
   2 A drink of liquor at the end of the working day.
   1866 WILSON 348 If a tradesman were employed, he must have three drinks a day; or what he called his morning, his eleven, and his evening. 1937 DEVINE 21 ~ A glass of grog after the day's work.

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