first light

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noun Southern U.S.

dawn.

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Origin of first light

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby first light

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Words related to first light

dawning, aurora, dawn, daylight, glow, morning, sunrise, sunup, half-light

Example sentences from the Web for first light

  • Spearman in the lifeboat would follow the advance party at first-light.

    West Of The Sun|Edgar Pangborn

British Dictionary definitions for first light

first light

noun

the time when light first appears in the morning; dawn
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