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slugabeds

slugabeds is the plural of slugabed.

Meaning of slugabed

Noun

slugabed (plural slugabeds)

  1. A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.
    • 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, […]c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]

Questions about slugabeds

What is slugabeds the plural of?
Slugabeds is the plural of slugabed.

Words near slugabeds in the dictionary

  1. slug-a-bed
  2. slug-a-beds
  3. slug-horn
  4. slug-horns
  5. slugabed
  6. slugabeds
  7. slugabug
  8. slugabugs
  9. slugburger
  10. slugburgers
  11. slugfest

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