first flight

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Noun[edit]

first flight (plural first flights)

  1. The first competitor to finish in a footrace or horse race, in a foxhunt, etc.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first,‎ flight.

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References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary