slowcoach

American  

[sloh-kohch] / ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃ /

Or slow coach

noun

Informal.

1. a slowpoke.

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slowcoach British  

/ ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of slowcoach

First recorded in 1830–40; slow + coach

Example Sentences

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slowcoach

I love the and am thrilled to be poring over the form for it once more, looking for the unconsidered slowcoach who could be inspired by the challenge.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2011

The army was exasperated by Aly Maher's slowcoach approach to the key issue of the whole cleanup movement: land reform.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mamma, for goodness' sake go yourself and hurry Yulia, she is such a slowcoach and never can come quickly!

From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For Aunt M'riar, though good, was a slowcoach, backward in cross-examination, and Mrs. Prichard's first depositions remained unqualified, for discussion later with Uncle Mo. However, one inquiry came to her tongue.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

But Epimetheus was a very slow fellow, certainly, and went among men for a clod, and a muff, and a milksop, and a slowcoach, and a bloke, and a boodle, and so forth.

From The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Warwick Goble