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slugabed

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slug·a·bed  (slg-bd)
n.
One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.

slugabed [ˈslʌgəˌbɛd]
n
a person who remains in bed through laziness
[from slug(gard) + abed]
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Noun1.slugabed - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
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Their timing might have been exquisite: As summer vacation's second month approaches, many a mom and dad despair of their bored slugabed kids -- some, no doubt, figuring the kids might as well be in school where, perhaps, they won't flush the past year's learning from their minds.
One particular slugabed can generally be found idling on the sofa at my wife's gran's sheltered bungalow, ticking off the losers on his racecard, cadging his fags and three meals a day and staying one step ahead of the JobCentre.
 
 
 
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