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lazybones

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la·zy·bones  (lz-bnz)
pl.n. Informal (used with a sing. verb)
A lazy person.
lazybones [ˈleɪzɪˌbəʊnz]
n
Informal a lazy person
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Noun1.lazybones - a lazy person
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
lazybones
noun (Informal) idler, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), shirker, loafer, couch potato (slang), skiver (Brit. slang), sleepyhead, sluggard, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), slugabed Get this lazybones to school!
Translations
lazybones [ˈleɪzɪˌbəʊnz] NSING → gandul(a) m/f, vago/a m/f, flojo/a m/f (LAm)
lazybones [ˈleɪzɪˌbəunz] n (fam) → poltrone/a
lazybones [ˈleɪzɪˌbəunz] n (fam) → poltrone/a


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It's a lazybones trip, this of ours, master, and when we get back every body will find us big and stout.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
" 'Don't ask questions, but be ready to pick 'em up when they fall, Miss Lazybones.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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