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early bird
ear·ly bird (plural ear·ly birds)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody who gets up early: an early riser
2. somebody who arrives early: somebody who arrives or acts earlier than the expected or arranged time
[< the proverb The early bird gets the worm]
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