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fire-new

fire-new adjective: fresh from the forge; brand-new.

Adjective

fire-new (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Fresh from the forge; brand-new.
    • Your fire-new stamp of honour is scarce current.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • There are men that roll through life like a fire-new red ball going across Mr. Lord's cricket ground on a sunshiny day […]1853, Charles Reade, Peg Woffington

Questions about fire-new

What does fire-new mean?
Fire-new means fresh from the forge; brand-new.
What part of speech is fire-new?
Fire-new is an adjective.

Words near fire-new in the dictionary

  1. fire-gilding
  2. fire-gown
  3. fire-gowns
  4. fire-grate
  5. fire-grates
  6. fire-new
  7. fire-on-the-mountain
  8. fire-pan
  9. fire-pans
  10. fire-place
  11. fire-places

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