slowpoke

[ sloh-pohk ]
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nounInformal.
  1. a person who makes slow progress.

Origin of slowpoke

1
First recorded in 1915–20; slow + poke1

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slowpoke

/ (ˈsləʊˌpəʊk) /


noun
  1. informal the usual US and Canadian word for slowcoach

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