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Definition of Firsts
1. first [n] - See also: first
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firsts
Literary usage of Firsts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Lumber Industry of America by James Elliott Defebaugh (1907)
"firsts and seconds are usually combined in one grade, with a certain percentage
of firsts, to be specified by special agreement, or, failing that, ..."
2. America in France by Frederick Palmer (1918)
"X SOME firsts FOR THE FIRST The First Division starts for the front—Secrecy of
the move—A quiet sector—Apprehensions of the natives at the appearance of our ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"1 common to $28 per thousand for firsts and seconds. And it appears that said
Cox accepted this proposition and proceeded to move the mill to a point near ..."
4. The Arts of Life by Richard Rogers Bowker (1900)
"firsts AND LASTS E most important fact that a man can make part of his being The
... It is simpler to say that the firsts and lasts in the arts of life are ..."
5. A History of the Adirondacks by Alfred Lee Donaldson (1921)
"... APPENDIX K SOME "firsts" THE FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHTS The first electric lights
in the mountains were put into the Prospect House on Blue Mountain Lake, ..."
6. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"... Solomon of St. Charles—Squire Calvin's Indian Trap—Cass County's "firsts"—How
Political Campaigns Were Won—Dr. ..."
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