noun
Etymology
Origin of firstling
Example Sentences
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More important than a firstling mother's age is her general health, the normality of her construction.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Tintoret's Murder of Abel, the head of the sacrificed firstling lies in the corner of the foreground, obscurely sketched in, and with the light gleaming upon its glazed eyes.
From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John
"The firstling of his bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox."
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
For six years there had been a veil, as it were, drawn between the lovely relations that had previously existed between Father Honoré and this firstling of his flock in Flamsted.
From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick
The shepherd roused him from his sleep, And down the vale be hied, Like guardian good, to count his sheep, His firstling by his side.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 by Various
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