"first come, first served" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [英語]

Forms: first come [canonical], first served
  1. 最初に来た人が最初にもてなされる。先着順。
    Sense id: ja-first_come,_first_served-en-proverb-B04oJtbO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 英語, 英語_ことわざ
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