night person
Noun
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Noun
night person
- (idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.
- 1957, Walter E. Wilson, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20050514184155/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=150212 The Horses of the Night]," The Harvard Crimson, 30 Nov. (retrieved 12 Feb. 2009):
- "You see, I'm a creature of the night."
- "A what?"
- "A night person; I live during the nights, and sleep during the days."
- 2009, Amy Sacco, "A Life in the Day: Amy Sacco, lady of the night ↗," Times Online (UK), 24 Jan. (retrieved 12 Feb. 2009):
- I've always been a night person—my mother put me in afternoon kindergarten because she couldn’t get me up in the morning.
- 1957, Walter E. Wilson, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20050514184155/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=150212 The Horses of the Night]," The Harvard Crimson, 30 Nov. (retrieved 12 Feb. 2009):
- Russian: сова́
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