outstart

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Many of these he was compelled at the outstart to forego, and he set to work upon his first book, the Grammatica Græca of Lascaris, with barely a tithe of that number.

From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert)

At the outstart you must admit to yourself that to see every release of every company is impossible, and even if it were possible it would be unnecessary.

From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)

He is at the outstart of a road which is beset with all imaginable kinds of obstacles.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

"The Arctics hawk-up their haunted heart, and raucous, spue; and north-winds, wawling calls, outstart, to droop anew; the clouds like scouts updart, depart, and truceless do, and droop anew."

From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

So I judged they had our gang in a pretty tight place right at the outstart.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark