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- noun The
light ofdawn
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Examples
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First a dawnlight, a great aurora glory massing on the color monitor.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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First a dawnlight, a great aurora glory massing on the color monitor.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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First a dawnlight, a great aurora glory massing on the color monitor.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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The hired post chaise waited at the curb in the early dawnlight, the driver on his box, mounted outriders in place, the postillion supervising the loading of the trunk onto the roof while Tristan and Isolde yapped in ecstasies of excitement, straining at leashes resolutely held by Livia.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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The hired post chaise waited at the curb in the early dawnlight, the driver on his box, mounted outriders in place, the postillion supervising the loading of the trunk onto the roof while Tristan and Isolde yapped in ecstasies of excitement, straining at leashes resolutely held by Livia.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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He glanced at the window, where rosy dawnlight spilling through lace curtains made intricate spiderwebs of light on the wall.
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The dawnlight glinted on peaked helmets pouring in a steady stream through the broad arch, on the bright housings of the chargers.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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The dawnlight glinted on peaked helmets pouring in a steady stream through the broad arch, on the bright housings of the chargers.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Jeratt and Kerian sat in silence while stars wheeled across the sky, while the lonely silver moon set and the darkest hour came then died before the pale breath of dawnlight He was first to see the stirring of dark forms in the widow Felyce™s dooryard, the first to hear the impatient snort of a horse.
The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002
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But so far no single photon of dawnlight had squirmed through the curtain threads.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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