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He'd rather go fishin'
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lazybones
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context slang English) A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition.
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Lazybones is a silent film , a drama and romance, produced and directed by Frank Borzage , starring Madge Bellamy , Charles "Buck" Jones , and Zasu Pitts . It opened in New York City on September 22, 1924, and received wider distribution by Fox Film Corporation ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from lazy + plural of bone (n.).
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.