matinal
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"The sidewalks are swept, there is no refuse piled up, and a matinal sprinkler truck comes through, washing down the streets."
From Time Magazine Archive
The matinal hour devoted to this refreshing walk was to both maidens the calmest and happiest of the twenty-four.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
He look'd up, and saw That sad serene countenance, mournful as law And tender as pity, bow'd o'er him: and heard In some thicket the matinal chirp of a bird.
From Lucile by Owen Meredith
Awaking early, he made personal preparation for the day, and with the Brotherhood in the chapel, performed the matinal breviary services, consisting of lauds, psalms, lections and prayers.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace
Now, then, ladies, I intended to breakfast down at the restaurant; but the temptation to take my matinal meal in such fair company was not to be resisted.
From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by May Agnes Fleming
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