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This could all explode onstage the second debate night; first-nighter Marianne Williamson won’t even be there to lighten the mood with a challenge to New Zealand.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2019

Although he likes baseball, sits at the ringside at nearly all good prize fights, and is a confirmed first-nighter at the theatre, it is hardly likely that any of these specialties got him a job.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ekins' record stood unchallenged till last month, when a wealthy widow named Clara Adams, famed in airline circles as an inveterate first-nighter, saw her chance.

From Time Magazine Archive

To many a first-nighter, puzzling over the biographical sketch in his Playbill, Jean Arthur may have seemed as ageless and mysterious as Peter Pan himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was not a "first-nighter," but dropped in to see a new piece whenever he wanted copy for his feuilleton.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund