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
I might add, however, for your further information, that I think I shall not go to Bund-i-Kir, which looks too peaceful to disturb at this matinal hour, but there—on the western shore of the Ab-i-Shuteit.
From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
When conscience was troubled he cheerfully doubled His matinal dose of discipline;— A deuce of a scourging, sufficient for purging The Devil himself of original sin.
From A line-o'-verse or two by Bert Leston Taylor
Kate stood by the window, looking out drearily at the matinal sunlight.
From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
I shall never forget a day when my bride and I sat on the edge of the lagoon after our matinal dip in its pellucid waters.
From The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell
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