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lazy louse

lazy louse noun: one who is lazy; a lazy ass.

Noun

lazy louse (plural lazy louses or lazy lice)

  1. (colloquial, slang, uncommon) One who is lazy; a lazy ass.
    • "Lift the body, Phil," I said, "and get going. Don't be a lazy louse." "All right, all right!" [author's italics] He got quickly to his feet and giving Paul a sour look, disappeared through the door of my screened back gallery.1935, Barry Benefield, Valiant is the Word for Carrie, Reynal & Hitchcock, page 14
    • Early, moving toward the woodpile, mutters, 'Jest wait till I grow up and see if you lazy louses can make me chop wood 'cause I'm the littlest.' Only when the welfare of the children was at stake did the ranch women become dictatorial.1941, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, No Life for a Lady, University of Nebraska Press, page 161
    Synonyms:
    idler

Examples of lazy louse in a sentence

  • Even being a lazy louse lying in bed without the hallucination of the reveille seems to constitute an august virtue and a permanent achievement of human civilization.1971, Charlotte I. Lee, Oral Interpretation, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 170:
  • The lure of ditching a horrible boss or no longer having to work with a lazy louse can be very tempting—but be warned.2014, Hazel Dixon-Cooper, Bridgett Walther, Harness Astrology's Bad Boy: A Handbook for Conquering Pluto's Tumultuous Transit, Beyond Words...

Synonyms of lazy louse

Forms of lazy louse

plurallazy louses
plurallazy lice

Origin of lazy louse

From lazy + louse (“a contemptible person”).

Questions about lazy louse

What does lazy louse mean?
Lazy louse means one who is lazy; a lazy ass.
How do you use lazy louse in a sentence?
Even being a lazy louse lying in bed without the hallucination of the reveille seems to constitute an august virtue and a permanent achievement of human civilization.
What part of speech is lazy louse?
Lazy louse is a noun.
What is the plural of lazy louse?
The plural of lazy louse is lazy louses.

Words near lazy louse in the dictionary

  1. lazy Laurences
  2. lazy Lawrence
  3. lazy Lawrences
  4. lazy load
  5. lazy lobster
  6. lazy louse
  7. lazy louses
  8. lazy man's load
  9. lazy man's loads
  10. lazy men's loads
  11. lazy painter

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