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night person (plural night people)
- (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 November 30, Walter E. Wilson, “The Horses of the Night”, in The Harvard Crimson, 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 January 24, Amy Sacco, “A Life in the Day: Amy Sacco, lady of the night”, in Times Online, UK, 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.
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