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break of the day

n. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sunset]

Usage examples of "break of the day".

In the gloom before the break of the day their uniforms glowed a deep purple hue.

Lipshutz was about to take her final coffee-break of the day when an unusual personage entered the unemployment bureau and approached her window.