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False dawn

A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.

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noun
  1. 1

    A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.

  2. 2

    Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.

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