slugabed
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈslʌɡəbɛd/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈslʌɡəˌbɛd/, /ˈsləɡ-/
Noun

slugabed (plural slugabeds)

  1. (archaic, now, chiefly, Canada, US) A lazy person who lie#Verb|lies in bed#Noun|bed after the usual time#Noun|time for getting up; a sluggard.
    Synonyms: late riser, Thesaurus:idler
    • c. 1591–1595, [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: Printed by Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, OCLC 222309388 ↗, [Act IV, scene v] ↗:
      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, {{...}
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