early mark
English
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Noun
editearly mark (plural early marks)
- (chiefly New South Wales in Australia, colloquial) The permission to leave early (from class, school, workplace, etc.) before the scheduled end time; an early finish.
- 2005, “Big night at the Dick Pratts”, in Sydney Morning Herald[1]:
- The former PBL boss let slip in court this week that he needed an early mark yesterday to attend "a dinner" with the PM.
Synonyms
edit- (regional Australia) early minute