first-nighter
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing first-nighter
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me"
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 4
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This could all explode onstage the second debate night; first-nighter Marianne Williamson won’t even be there to lighten the mood with a challenge to New Zealand.
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2019
In the audience, a gem-barnacled first-nighter, Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh, was watched over by a gun-toting bodyguard, but managed to lose a bracelet.
From Time Magazine Archive
It soon became clear, however, that at least one first-nighter found Voznesensky's revue an ideological bust.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ekins' record stood unchallenged till last month, when a wealthy widow named Clara Adams, famed in airline circles as an inveterate first-nighter, saw her chance.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was on the Long Branch boat the other day and met a well-known Empire first-nighter.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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