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slowcoach

or slow coach

[ sloh-kohch ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. a slowpoke.


slowcoach

/ ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person who moves, acts, or works slowly US and Canadian equivalentslowpoke
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slowcoach1

First recorded in 1830–40; slow + coach
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Example Sentences

Slowcoach, a lumbering, dull person; one slow of comprehension.

There was a kinsman of his, also named Thorbjorn, called Slowcoach.

Thorbjorn Slowcoach was there and many things were talked about.

Not being able to answer on the spur of the moment, he was nicknamed Κρόνος (the God, equivalent to “slowcoach”) by Ptolemy.

Why, you got on pretty well till old Slowcoach came in, and then you certainly did go it, and no mistake!

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