"dead first" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dead first (not comparable)
  1. (rare, possibly nonstandard) First, especially first place in a competition. Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable, possibly, rare Related terms: dead last
    Sense id: en-dead_first-en-adj-5WXL9SUr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1987, \"Snake tale didn't have a leg to stand on,\" Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky, USA), 15 Oct. (retrieved 20 Oct 2010)",
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          "ref": "1990, Isaac Asimov, “Editorial: Sharing Universes”, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, volume 140, page 5",
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