early bird

noun

1
: an early riser
2
: one that arrives early and especially before possible competitors

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Doors open at 10 a.m. early birds, 11 a.m. Tuesdays, Winter Springs VFW, 420 N. Edgemon Ave., Winter Springs, $15-$25 packets, 407-327-3151. Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024 For the early birds that choose to have an earlier party, these napkins really get the sentiment across. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024 There is a noticeable return to the use of doorbusters to attract early bird shoppers. David Moin, WWD, 29 Nov. 2024 At an early bird starting price of $999, the Data Matrix Elite 2Big gives you 6TB of storage and the option to scale the system using the Thunderbolt/USB4 daisy chaining. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for early bird 

Word History

Etymology

from the proverb, "the early bird catches the worm"

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of early bird was in 1830

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“Early bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/early%20bird. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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