What is a lazybones?

/ˈleɪ.zi.bəʊnz/ plural lazybones. someone who is lazy: [ as form of address ] Hey lazybones, get up from the couch and help me with the dishes! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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Where does lazy bones come from?

Lazybones or "Lazy Bones" is a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1933, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Hoagy Carmichael.
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What is a lazy head?

1 not inclined to work or exertion. 2 conducive to or causing indolence. 3 moving in a languid or sluggish manner.
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How do you use lazybones in a sentence?

a lazy person.
  1. The lazybones always alibied themselves out of work.
  2. Come on, lazybones! ...
  3. Roll out, lazybones! ...
  4. They criticized the lazybones for playing up his slight illness.
  5. The lazybones must be aroused from their unwillingness to work.
  6. Come on, lazybones, get up!
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What you mean by loafer?

Definition of loafer

1 : one that loafs : idler. 2 : a low step-in shoe.
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Some words for Lazybones ? Reductions of some words and phrases in Russian | A2+



Where does the word Chatterbox come from?

Chatterbox dates from the 1770s, a combination of chatter, an echoic or onomatopoeic word, and box, giving chatterbox the sense of "a box or container full of idle chatter."
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What is a person who avoids work called?

shirker: a person who avoids work.
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What do you call someone who does nothing?

do-nothing Add to list Share. Definitions of do-nothing. person who does no work. synonyms: bum, idler, layabout, loafer.
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What is a fancy word for lazy?

The words indolent and slothful are common synonyms of lazy.
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Is rettendon boot sale on tomorrow?

Rettendon – Lazybones Bootsale

Every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from Mid March to Mid November (weather permitting!)
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What do you call a bum?

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. synonyms: ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush.
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What does the word shop girl mean?

Definition of shopgirl

: a woman employed to sell merchandise especially in a store.
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What is couch Potato SA?

Definition of couch potato

: a lazy and inactive person especially : one who spends a great deal of time watching television. Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More About couch potato.
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What do you call someone who only does the bare minimum?

minimalist Add to list Share. When you call a person a minimalist, you're describing their interest in keeping things very simple. A minimalist prefers the minimal amount or degree of something.
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What do you call a woman who doesn't work?

lady of leisure

noun. a woman who does not have to work, especially because her husband earns a lot of money.
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Who is known as a chatterbox?

Definition of chatterbox

: one who engages in much idle talk.
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What is a chatterbox used for?

A chatterbox is also the name given to a paper craft item used to tell fortunes or reveal secrets. Chatterboxes are made from folding a paper template to create a pyramid-like structure that has flaps that open to reveal certain messages or pictures.
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What is the opposite of chatterbox?

Opposite of a person who likes talking about other people's private lives. journalist. reporter. correspondent. journo.
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Why do they call them loafers?

Some photographs included with the Esquire feature were of Norwegian farmers in a cattle loafing area. The Spaulding family in New Hampshire started making shoes based on this design in the early 1930s, naming them loafers, a general term for slip-on shoes which is still in use in America.
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Where is the word loafer from?

From American Spanish lobo (“wolf”) (/ˈloβo/), reinterpreted as or conflated with loafer (“idler”); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations. Doublet of lupus and wolf.
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Do you wear socks with loafers?

Do You Wear Socks with Loafers? Yes, you absolutely can wear socks with loafers! While there are certain types of socks that should be avoided and style rules to keep in mind, wearing socks with loafers is perfectly acceptable.
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