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first-born

Adjective

Meaning

first-born (not comparable)

Alternative form of firstborn

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Polycarp replied to Marcion, who met him on one occasion, and said, "Do you know me?" "I do know thee, first-born of Satan." Such was the horror of the apostles and their disciples had against holding even verbal communication with any corrupters of the truth. Irenaeus

My first-born. All I can remember of her is how she loved the burned bottom of bread. Can you beat that? Eight children and that's all I remember. Toni Morrison

When God wanted a city levelled, or all the first-born slaughtered in one night, he sent an angel. Simon R. Green

Well saturday gives what sunday steals, And a child is born on his brother's heels, Come sunday morn the first-born is dead, In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red. Nick Cave

The lucky man has a daughter for his first-born. Portuguese Proverb

The lucky man has a daughter for his first-born. Spanish Proverb

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