lie-abed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lie-abed
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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Was there a kind of long lie-abed sickness that didn’t hurt?
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
But I will deal with the lie-abed Baron when I see him.
From The Wheel O' Fortune by Louis Tracy
The sun was a regular lie-abed on this Autumn morning, banked about by soft clouds and draperies of mist; but they glowed pink along the horizon—perhaps blushing for Old Sol's delinquency.
From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Alice B. Emerson
She wondered sleepily at his sprightliness, for as she remembered him at home he had been a confirmed lie-abed.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Richard Norton was always a lie-abed, so poor Jane was alone to puzzle out the secret of our haggard faces.
From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Laurence Alma-Tadema
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