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

Although Admiral Bluewater devoted the minimum of time to sleep, he was not what the French term matinal.

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore

I shall never forget a day when my bride and I sat on the edge of the lagoon after our matinal dip in its pellucid waters.

From The Cruise of the Kawa by Chappell, George S. (George Shepard)

It was blinding the sun with a matinal oblation of incense.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various

He forbade the matinal visit to church, to which she clung so ardently.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann