early closing
(UK, dated) The practice of business premises in a town closing for one afternoon each week.
Definitions
(UK, dated) The practice of business premises in a town closing for one afternoon each week.
Comments
Used in
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "early closing".
🇬🇧About British & Irish slang slang
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
See all British & Irish slang slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "early closing" (E)
Browse all slang words starting with E.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- closing time71%
(UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes.
- shut up shop64%
(intransitive, British, colloquial) To close up shop; to end a business activity.
- closed period63%
(UK, television) A period of time on a Saturday during which football matches may not be broadcast (so as to avoid reduced attendance in person at other football matches that are not being televised).
- closed period63%
(UK, television) A period of time each week that is officially dedicated to religious broadcasting.
- early doors61%
(Northern England, Scotland) Early; at a time before expected; sooner than usual.