twelve o'clock at night
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He will stand at his desk folding and pasting and cutting until twelve o’clock at night.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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About twelve o'clock at night he made us his third visit in the door-yard, as before, and directly in front of the camp, offering a most inviting shot.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.
It is said that once a year—on the third of May—at exactly twelve o'clock at night, a light appears in the lower room, which soon goes out, and appears in the hall.
From The Mystery of the Locks by Howe, Edgar Watson
Our weary columns now pressed on without any rest until twelve o'clock at night, when the camp fires of the advanced guard were discerned in the distance.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton
The watchmen had orders not to extinguish any street lamp until twelve o'clock at night.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando