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Definition of lazybones in English: lazybonesnounˈleɪzɪbəʊnzˈleɪziˌboʊnz informal A lazy person (often as a form of address) ‘Come for a healthy walk then, lazybones.’ Example sentencesExamples - He's been called, variously, a showboat, a stud, a lazybones, a workhorse, a whiner, a powerhouse, an overachiever, an underachiever, you name it.
- Though small, they can do wonders because frantically attacking these pests will keep the lazybones on their toes.
- ‘Get up, lazybones.’
- With Santa ready to venture down many a chimney, this is an ideal gift for lazybones who aren't keen on the concept of venturing out of bed, for this makes the gruesome task just that little bit easier.
- Harold had been getting up at 5:30 every day for years; retirement wouldn't be enough to make a lazybones of him.
Synonyms idler, loafer, layabout, lounger, good-for-nothing, do-nothing, shirker, sluggard, slug, laggard, slugabed informal skiver, waster, slacker, slowcoach, slob, couch potato Australian/New Zealand informal bludger archaic wastrel French archaic fainéant
Definition of lazybones in US English: lazybonesnounˈlāzēˌbōnzˈleɪziˌboʊnz informal A lazy person (often as a form of address) “Come for a healthy walk then, lazybones.” Example sentencesExamples - ‘Get up, lazybones.’
- Harold had been getting up at 5:30 every day for years; retirement wouldn't be enough to make a lazybones of him.
- He's been called, variously, a showboat, a stud, a lazybones, a workhorse, a whiner, a powerhouse, an overachiever, an underachiever, you name it.
- With Santa ready to venture down many a chimney, this is an ideal gift for lazybones who aren't keen on the concept of venturing out of bed, for this makes the gruesome task just that little bit easier.
- Though small, they can do wonders because frantically attacking these pests will keep the lazybones on their toes.
Synonyms idler, loafer, layabout, lounger, good-for-nothing, do-nothing, shirker, sluggard, slug, laggard, slugabed
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