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LAZYBONES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lazybones mean?
• LAZYBONES (noun)
The noun LAZYBONES has 1 sense:
1. a lazy person
Familiarity information: LAZYBONES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lazy person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lazybones" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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