/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Son of the Morning
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A traveller. An Oriental phrase, alluding to the custom of rising early in the morning to avoid the mid-day heat, when on one’s travels.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.