sooner
[adverb]
Synonyms: before, beforehand, earlier

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sooner noun¹. ['su:nǝ] US slang. L19.
[from SOON adverb + -ER¹.]
A person who acts prematurely; spec. (Hist.) a person trying to settle Government territory in the western US (esp. in Oklahoma) before the appointed time. Also (Sooner), an Oklahoman.

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sooner noun². ['su:nǝ] slang (chiefly Austral.). L19.
[Perh. formed as SOONER noun¹.]
An idler, a shirker; contempt. an ineffectual or obstructive person, object, etc.

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sooner
See: HAD RATHER or HAD SOONER, NO SOONER --- THAN.

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