peep of day
Example Sentences
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In the morning, by the peep of day, and often before, his faithful visits are repeated to hay, and provender, and card, and yoke up.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by John S. Springer
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 George Yellott
At peep of day off he set again, for he could take no 111 rest.
From East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Saturday morning, the 5th of August, broke clear and cloudless, and at the very peep of day the hillsides re-echoed to the stirring music of our reveille.
From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by Charles King
At the first peep of day he rose up.
From Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James
