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

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

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 Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

He was at first alarmed about this matinal sortie, although he tried to explain it by a desire to bathe in the sea, or curiosity to see the city.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

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