crack of dawn

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Noun

crack of dawn (plural cracks of dawn)

(idiomatic) The first moment of daylight; before sunrise.
- 1985, Anne Tyler, chapter 20, in The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN:
  "This is high-speed travel, Muriel. Not fun. I'm waking up at crack of dawn."

Synonyms

daybreak, break of dawn, sparrow-fart (Commonwealth slang); see also Thesaurus:dawn

Derived terms

Translations

crack of dawn — see daybreak

sunrise — see sunrise

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