convict hour

Around four to five o'clock in the morning.

Japanese Meaning

午前4時から5時ごろ

At convict hour, the city streets are empty and the air has the thin, chill clarity of pre-dawn.

午前4時から5時ごろになると、街の通りは閑散とし、空気は夜明け前の冷たく澄んだ感じになる。

Sense（1）

Around four to five o'clock in the morning.

Note: "The Coblins" was chapter 2 of The Adventures of Augie March, (Viking Press, 1953).

the convict hour

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