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Slugabed

//ˈslʌɡəbɛd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.

    "Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]"

  2. 2
    a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour wordnet

Etymology

From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).

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