prime of the morning

NOUN

break of day

Synonyms

WEAK

brightening cockcrow crack of dawn dawn dawning daybreak first blush first brightening first flush of morning peep of day prime sunrise sunup

Example Sentences

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There’s the very prime of the morning gone long before that time.

From Wuthering Heights by Brontë, Emily