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- noun
potatoes that areharvested before the maincrop - noun informal
early shifts , in a job with a shiftrotation
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Examples
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Hours Eight-hour shifts to cover the entire day, either "earlies" (7am to 4pm) or "lates" (10am to 7pm)
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I was lucky enough to be on earlies but was amazed when i looked on the box.
“Pin your ears back you lot; the Gene Genie speaks” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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I turned up on earlies a couple of years ago as A/Insp, and took over from the night shift on my own.
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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On the note of gash handovers on earlies – everyone always moans about the state of handovers, we all seem to believe we do better handovers than everyone else. on September 20, 2009 at 1: 02 pm Mule
Friday Night In Out-Patients « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Also, the12judge, we probably won't hear anything about Cyanide's work until E3 at the earlies, or potentially GamesCom in Cologne, since Cyanide are a French developer.
Mouthing Off grrm 2010
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Back in the earlies, when I was a boy, they used to say when a ship sailed through a milk sea, it had left the world of men.
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Currently a temp CI but volunteered some months ago to work Xmas Day (lates) this year and today (NewYears Day) on earlies … … JESUS!!!!!!!
It’s New Years Eve and I promise to do my best. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Nothing tastes better than the first bowl of earlies with the simple addition of butter and sea salt.
Jobs to do in May 2010
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It began with chipping the glacier off the windscreen before driving in for earlies.
Celebrating Christmas may provoke minority groups. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Four earlies, yuck on April 21, 2008 at 8: 27 am | Reply Stinky
Industrial Disease « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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