Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Son of the Morning

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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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