slowcoach

or slow coach

[ sloh-kohch ]

nounInformal.
  1. a slowpoke.

Origin of slowcoach

1
First recorded in 1830–40; slow + coach

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How to use slowcoach in a sentence

  • Of course, I hate to see old Shields go, but he is a slow-coach.

    Quin | Alice Hegan Rice
  • You slow coach, think weve got the whole afternoon to get started?

  • I will wager anything that that slow coach of a Paul is not ready.

    Bijou | Gyp
  • In short, though Astafy Ivanovitch understood his business, he was a terrible slow-coach and busy-body.

    Short Stories | Fiodor Dostoievski
  • Moreover, she and he had always been good friends, even when as a boy he could not refrain from teasing her for a slow-coach.

    The Marriage of William Ashe | Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for slowcoach

slowcoach

/ (ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ) /


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

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