Night owl (English isiom)

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00:00Night Owl
00:04Night Owl means someone who loves staying up late and playing or reading.
00:18The reference to being awake at night comes from the characteristics of the owl.
00:22The first no literary use of the phrase was in the year 1581 in Against Jerome Osorius by Bell and Fox
00:29although it seems that the term owl was used literally.