slowcoach

(ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ)

informal Brit a person who moves, acts, or works slowly. US and Canadian equivalent: slowpoke

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Noun

slowcoach - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"

slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder

dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Translations

Loamsiada

lambin

posapiano

slowcoach

[ˈsləʊkəʊtʃ] N (Brit) (= dawdler) → tortuga f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slowcoach

[ˈsləʊkəʊtʃ] n (British) → lambin(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

slowcoach

[ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ] n (fam) (dawdler) → lumaca; (dullard) → testone/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Being a slowcoach isn't applauded, it's positively frowned upon.

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So the new 200t model must be the slowcoach of the range.

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Abu Dhabi Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq, known for being a slowcoach all his life, played the innings of his life on Sunday.

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The selection could only muster an eighth in the Dubai Gold Cup on his seasonal debut, but I wouldn't worry too much about that slowcoach performance as he was also beaten first time out in 2013.

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With Chinese growth showing evidence of revival, that leaves Europe as the world's economic slowcoach going into 2013.

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A FRUSTRATED Jenson Button has accused slowcoach Felipe Massa of wrecking his Australian Grand Prix.

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MP Eric Pickles criticised the "slowcoach" councils which had not yet published the information.

Council under attack

President Umaru Yar'Adua, criticised by Nigerians for having a "slowcoach" attitude towards governing the country, promptly summoned Jang to Aso Rock (Nigeria's seat of government in the capital, Abuja), for a security consultation.

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