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

Madeleine was preparing for her matinal walk, when her cousin was announced.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

The light wagons were made to hold two each instead of one, and the matinal snipe escaped death, and was happy over his early worm.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry

Señor alcalde,” said the clerk, after having exchanged with his superior a profusion of matinal salutations, “what a splendid pair of pantaloons you have on!”

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

Then Poppy, her exercises done, majestically trod the coverlet to salute her mistress with the accustomed matinal salutation which Missy called a kiss.

From Missy by Gatlin, Dana