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zero-dark-thirty noun very early in the morning US, 1991- Began at “zero dark thirty” before dawn (and shaving in the field at that hour is quite a task.) — United States Bureau of Yards and Docks, U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Bulletin, 1957–1959
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 245, 1991
- It was, by then, what is often referred to in the Marine Corps as zero-dark-thirty, or way past the middle of the night. — Alex Lee, Force Recon Command, p. 213, 1995
- We had one more night, and by God, we were going on that hill at zero dark thirty and set in. — Ed Kugler, Dead Center, p. 290, 1999
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