first fruits

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plural noun

the earliest fruit of the season.

the first products or results of anything.

Origin of first fruits

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Related Words for first fruits

crop, harvest, output, payoff, produce, yield, fruits

Examples from the Web for first fruits

Historical Examples of first fruits

Thine offering of the lamb is more pleasing than the first-fruits of the harvest.
The Genius
Margaret Horton Potter
In April they present the first-fruits of the mango harvest.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India
R. V. Russell
They were relieved from paying tenths in the year they paid their first-fruits.
Henry VIII.
A. F. Pollard
The first-fruits have been gathered, and the harvest will come.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877
James Kennedy
Well, in a sense, I have had my joy, the first-fruits of it at least.'
Robert Elsmere
Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for first fruits

first fruits

pl n

the first results, products, or profits of an undertaking

fruit that ripens first

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