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early bird

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early bird
n. Informal
1. A person who arises early in the morning.
2. One that arrives or takes place early or before others.

[From the expression "The early bird catches the worm".]

early-bird (ûrl-bûrd) adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.early birdearly bird - a person who arrives early before others do
arriver, comer, arrival - someone who arrives (or has arrived)
2.early bird - a person who gets up very early in the morning
riser - a person who rises (especially from bed); "he's usually a late riser"


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Remember, it's the early bird that picks up the worm
Bright and early, to be sure; and it's the early bird, as the saying goes, that gets the rations.
It was a society less furnished than the coteries of today(in its ignorance of the wonderful chances, the opportunities of the early bird, with which its path was strewn), with tatters of old stuff and fragments of old crockery; so that Miss Bordereau appeared not to have picked up or have inherited many objects of importance.
 
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