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lazybones

[ ley-zee-bohnz ]

/ ˈleɪ ziˌboʊnz /

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noun (usually used with a singular verb) Informal.

a lazy person.

Origin of lazybones

1580–90 lazy + bone + -s³

Words nearby lazybones

lazy daisy stitch, lazy eye, lazy guy, lazy susan, lazy tongs, lazybones, laënnec, laënnec's cirrhosis, lb, lb tr, lb.

Example sentences from the Web for lazybones

This means Jump up, lazybones; and take a swim before the sun rises.

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 |Elizabeth Bisland
"Lazybones," snickered Jimmieboy, as the pillow landed on Fred's curly head.

Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy |John Kendrick Bangs
He therefore called up the stable guards and hurried them with a “Quick, now, you lazybones!”

A Little Garrison |Fritz von der Kyrburg
As thou, false knave, didst swear the whelps in heaven licked the sores of Lazybones, a beggar of old.'

The Cloister and the Hearth |Charles Reade

He don't want to find gold for the king any longer,—the lazybones!

The Princess and Curdie |George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for lazybones

lazybones

/ (ˈleɪzɪˌbəʊnz) /

noun

informal a lazy person