peep of day
Example Sentences
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Isabel ran to her boy with the first peep of day.
From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart
At the first peep of day most of us were up to take our first look at the Promised Land.
From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Williams, Elizabeth Whitney
At breakfast the next morning I learned that the Dutch baron, as the waiter styled him, had taken his departure at peep of day.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
Dick came round saddled at peep of day; but Mercy had been up more than an hour, and prepared her man's breakfast.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
When there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your gracious king, be up by peep of day: 'Let not the sun look down, and say, Inglorious here he lies!'
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
