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first-come

[ furst-kuhm ]

adjective

  1. arranged, considered, or done in order of application or arrival, as for purposes of service:

    orders filled on a first-come basis.



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This is enough to prove that he was not the first-come ignoramus or madman that some people then liked to think him.

During four hours each day, patients were seen on a first-come-first-served basis, except in emergencies.

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first classmanfirst come, first served