the original state of mankind;  the original laws of a country;  the original inventor of a process

The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.

The original manuscript contained spelling errors which were fixed in later versions.

This recording is by the original broadway cast.

The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […].

Tonight we will hear an original work by one of our best composers.

The paper contains a number of original ideas about color perception.

Parker was one of the original bebop players.

This kind of barbecue is original to North Carolina.

I have a great mind to be in Print; but above all, I would fain be an Original, and that is a true Comical Thought: When all the Learned Men in the World are but Tranſlators, is it not a Pleaſant Jeſt, that you ſhould ſtrive to be an Original! You ſhould have obſerved your Time, and have come into the World with the Ancient Greeks for that purpoſe; for the Latines themſelves are but Copies.

Ahmad (1969) studied the personality differences among middle school girls identified as originals and unoriginals on the Minnesota's test of creative thinking.

The originals or the creatives were more dominant than the unoriginals or the low creatives.

Fashion Fair will give every section first hand knowledge of the latest originals and 1962-63's exciting trends.

One such show was built around the Du Pont spring collection of Paris originals.

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