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slowcoach

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slowcoach [ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ]
n
Brit informal a person who moves, acts, or works slowly US and Canadian equivalent slowpoke
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.slowcoach - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"
dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Translations
slowcoach [ˈsləʊkəʊtʃ] N (Brit) (= dawdler) → tortuga f
slowcoach [ˈsləʊkəʊtʃ] n (British)lambin(e) m/f
slowcoach [ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ] n (fam) (dawdler) → lumaca; (dullard) → testone/a


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On both occasions he finished off the race in very good style, and before anyone marks him down as a slowcoach it should be short of pace.
Even Bernie Ecclestone, his firmest friend and cohort in the takeover of Queens Park Rangers football club, was miffed by Briatore's outburst when he wrote Button off as a "paracarro", a slowcoach driver, and Barrichello as a "pensioner".
When South Africa took their first wicket, they smiled and shrugged their shoulders (perhaps they were ambivalent about wanting to dismiss the slowcoach, Ian Bell).
 
 
 
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