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
Ever as of old time, Solitary firstling, Coming in the cold time, Prophet of the gay time, Prophet of the May time, Prophet of the roses, Many, many welcomes, February fair-maid!
From Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study by Anonymous
In another moment Mistress Thankful had donned her cloak and pattens to view this firstling of the laggard summer.
From Thankful Blossom by Bret Harte
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns like the Horns of Unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth.”—Deut. xxxiii.
From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Joseph Wild
Boston proving inhospitable to the firstling of her gifted son's imagination, the Common soon missed the solitary, melancholy figure that had for months haunted the old historic walks.
From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by La Salle Corbell Pickett
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