first fruits

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first fruits

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From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (“first fruits”), equivalent to first + fruits.

noun first-fruits · firstfruits

plural, plural only The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the t
plural, plural only The first profits from an undertaking

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noun the first part of a harvest

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@misc{first_fruits_2026,
  title = {first fruits},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/first%20fruits},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}