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

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 Meredith, Owen

Kate stood by the window, looking out drearily at the matinal sunlight.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

Although Admiral Bluewater devoted the minimum of time to sleep, he was not what the French term matinal.

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore

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 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various