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earlies

noun
SayUR-leezUS/ˈɝliz/UK/ˈɜːliz/

2 meanings of earlies

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  1. 1
    nouncolloquialplural
    Work shifts that begin early in the day, in a job where the hours keep changing.

    I'm on earlies all next week, so I have to start at six.

    She swapped her earlies with a coworker who likes mornings.

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  2. 2
    nounplural
    Potatoes that are dug up early in the year, before the main crop is ready.

    We dug up the earlies in June and ate them the same evening.

    These earlies have such soft skins that you don't need to peel them.

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Origin

This word comes from "early" plus the ending "-s".