Lazybones

//ˈleɪziˌboʊnz// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is lazy. slang

    "The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte.""

  2. 2
    a lazy person wordnet

Antonyms

All antonyms

Example

More examples

"I'm ashamed that my son is such a lazybones."

Etymology

From lazy + bones.

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