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(informal) a lazy person
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lazybones
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Lazybones or "Lazy Bones" is a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1933, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael . Major hit records at the time of introduction included Ted Lewis and Mildred Bailey . Jonathan King's 1971 revival was a Top ...
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n. (context slang English) A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Hey, lazybones , how long are you planning on staying in bed?
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from lazy + plural of bone (n.).
WordNet
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n. a lazy person
Usage examples of lazybones.
By the time the cotholder had been cajoled into watching Silvina handle Lazybones, who'd let anyone caress him so long as it involved no effort on his part, Menolly realized that Dunca would never be comfortable in their presence and that the woman disliked Menolly intensely for witnessing her fearfulness.
The Assembly, even the Constituent, usurps when it treats the people like a lazybones (roi fainéant), when it subjects them to laws, which they have not ratified, and when it deprives them of action except through their representatives.