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

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 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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 Goble, Warwick

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 by Kingsley, Charles