lazybones

[ley-zee-bohnz]

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noun (usually used with a singular verb) Informal.

a lazy person.

Origin of lazybones

1580–90 lazy + bone + -s³

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Related Words for lazybones

layabout, malingerer, wanderer, wastrel, slouch, waster, good-for-nothing, loafer, idler, deadbeat, do-nothing, slacker, sluggard, shirker, beachcomber, lounger, goof-off, sponger, slugabed

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Historical Examples of lazybones

Was this then the lazybones who had such dreadful headaches at the least bit of work?
His Masterpiece
Emile Zola
"We were talking about Lazybones, Stuff," said Mrs. Bluehen.
The Chickens of Fowl Farm
Lena E. Barksdale
Here, wake up, lazybones, and eat your supper before it gets cold.
Sybil Chase
Ann S. Stephens
He don't want to find gold for the king any longer,—the lazybones!
The Princess and Curdie
George MacDonald
Come, my dear lazybones, come out and row me about the lake in your boat.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence
Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for lazybones

lazybones

noun

informal a lazy person

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Word Origin and History for lazybones

1590s, from lazy + plural of bone (n.).