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firstling
/ ˈfɜːstlɪŋ /
noun
- the first, esp the first offspring
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Word History and Origins
Origin of firstling1
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Example Sentences
The dandelion was the earliest flower to stir the children's memories; in New England it is "the firstling of the year."
No matter how crude or how young this firstling might come to seem to her, there would never be such another.
The firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep: but if thou wilt not give a price for it, it shall be slain.
Thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep.
Yea, I am fair, my firstling; if thou couldst but remember me!
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