peep of day
Example Sentences
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Two gentlemen have been playing cards all night in an inn-parlour, and the peep of day finds one of them ten thousand pounds in debt to the other.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
We were off Akaba at peep of day, and two armed cutters raced each other to the beach.
From Pan-Islam by Bury, G. Wyman (George Wyman)
A moment in the British camp— A moment—and away, Back to the pathless forest, Before the peep of day.
From America First Patriotic Readings by McBrien, Jasper Leonidas
But, just with the first peep of day, I got a glimpse of his countenance.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay
Just before the peep of day Captain Bragg, accompanied by his second, repaired to the spot selected for the duel.
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George
