hour of cause
English
Noun
hour
of
cause
(
plural
hours of cause
)
(
Scotland
)
A
time
of
trial
or
difficulty
.
1875
, Alexander Pyne,
Reminiscences of Colonial Life
How sad my case, then, when my
hour of cause
arrived, and I could lay my hands absolutely on nothing that I could carry away, and very little to eat.
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