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FIRSTINGS, n.pl. The first or springtime honey of the season.Kcb. 1901 Crockett Cinderella x.:
The farthest back, and nearest to the striped bag were the "firstings," the combs of the springtime, delicately green, as if the bees had extracted some of the mounting sap.
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