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first fruits

  1. the earliest produce of the season
  2. the first products, results, or profits of any activity

Etymology: orig. transl. of Vulg. primitiae: see Ex. 23:16

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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