first comer
Example Sentences
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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Angel took on his first comer, Luigi Bacigalupi, 275-lbs. ringside.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is "dour deference for the first comer, the man at the head of the queue."
From Time Magazine Archive
How willingly would he not give her to the first comer.
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r
And now, atop of all these worries, the child must fall in love with the first comer!
From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold
