forepart

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“I’ve spent the forepart of this afternoon looking for the divorce agreement,” he tells Hardwick, “and fail to find it though once there seemed to be three or four, various versions, in drawers.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

"The ship was way down by the head. All the forepart was one vast sheet of flames, and it was raining drops of burning oil."

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2014

Who could be more Elated than we were, had not we been Plunged straight away into deep sorrow, for The new land gave rise to a storm that struck Our ship’s forepart.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

She was a strong child and by a great effort she succeeded in raising its forepart from the ground so that it hung suspended.

From Time Magazine Archive

The neck-piece is partly laid bare by the removal of the shoulder, the forepart being fitted for boiling and making into broth, and the best part for roasting or broiling into chops.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert