slugabed

Examples of slugabed in a sentence

• "Ah, in my young days," continued the old woman, "people woren't slugabeds; out airly, home late - that was the way wid thim."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 380:
• You men have had baths, while Aunt Hilda and I haven't had a chance to get clean for fear of waking you slugabeds.1980 August, Robert A[nson] Heinlein, “‘—A Wedding Ring is Not a Ring in My Nose—’”, in The Number of the Beast, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett...
• Sometimes the dedicated slugabed is rudely awakened by the yelling of builders, the bustle of housemates, the entreaties of toddlers or even dawn's rosy figures coming in at the window.2004, Tom Hodgkinson, “8 a.m.: Waking Up is Hard to Do”, in How to Be Idle, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN; How to Be Idle: A Loafer’s...

Synonyms of slugabed

• late riser
• bum
• couch potato
• dawdler
• deadbeat
• dogfucker
• do-nothing
• dosser
• idler
• idleton

All synonyms of slugabed

Forms of slugabed

Origin of slugabed

From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).

Questions about slugabed

What does slugabed mean?

Slugabed means a lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.

How do you use slugabed in a sentence?

"Ah, in my young days," continued the old woman, "people woren't slugabeds; out airly, home late - that was the way wid thim."

What part of speech is slugabed?

Slugabed is a noun.

How do you pronounce slugabed?

Slugabed is pronounced /ˈslʌɡəbɛd/ (UK).

What is the plural of slugabed?

The plural of slugabed is slugabeds.