Lazies
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of lazy form-of, plural
- 2 Laziness; the mood or feeling of being lazy.
"Just so your idle vagrant, he would work for his living, but no body will hire him; he would work, but he wants clothes; clothes you give him, but then he wants tooles; you supply him with tooles, but the truth is, he hath an infirmity, he is lame in his limbs and sickly; nay, the truth is, he is lame in his will and sick of the lazies: were the will right, these excuses needed not."
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of lazy form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"Just so your idle vagrant, he would work for his living, but no body will hire him; he would work, but he wants clothes; clothes you give him, but then he wants tooles; you supply him with tooles, but the truth is, he hath an infirmity, he is lame in his limbs and sickly; nay, the truth is, he is lame in his will and sick of the lazies: were the will right, these excuses needed not."
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