Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. First-fruits.

First-class Hard Labour.

First Water.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


First-fruits.

The first profitable results of labour. In husbandry, the first corn that is cut at harvest. We also use the word in an evil sense; as, the first-fruits of sin, the first-fruits of repentance.	1

First-class Hard Labour.

First Water.

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