sluggard
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noun \ˈslə-gərd\Definition of SLUGGARD
: a habitually lazy person
See Examples of SLUGGARD
- <tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour>
Origin of SLUGGARD
Middle English sluggart
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to SLUGGARD
Synonyms: couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, lazybones
Related Words: bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler; clock-watcher, goldbrick, malingerer, shirker, slacker; dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer; delayer, procrastinator; dropout, quitter
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