Lazies

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of lazy form-of, plural
  2. 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."

Verb
  1. 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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