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break of day

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break of day
n
another term for dawn [1]
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Noun1.break of daybreak of day - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
aurora, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup, morning
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"


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The curtained windows clouded the Break of Day, but it seemed light and warm, and it announced in legible inscriptions with appropriate pictorial embellishment of billiard cue and ball, that at the Break of Day one could play billiards; that there one could find meat, drink, and lodgings, whether one came on horseback, or came on foot; and that it kept good wines, liqueurs, and brandy.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
Here dreaming, though wide-awake, of the exquisite tortures to which they were to put him at break of day, those confiding savages were found by the treacherous Hook.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Shortly after the break of day Tarzan was on deck noting the condition of the weather.
The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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