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pride of the morning

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noun

  1. light mist or precipitation observed at sea in the morning and regarded as indicating a fine day.


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We tried to hope it was the pride of the morning.

From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.

Early rain, the pride of the morning, 484.

From Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

"Pride of the Morning."—Why is the small rain which falls in the morning, at some seasons of the year, called "the pride of the morning?"

From Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 by Various

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