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SLUGGARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sluggard mean?
• SLUGGARD (noun)
The noun SLUGGARD has 1 sense:
1. an idle slothful person
Familiarity information: SLUGGARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An idle slothful person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
slug; sluggard
Hypernyms ("sluggard" is a kind of...):
bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)
Derivation:
slug (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)
Context examples
When day dawned, but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children, saying: “Get up, you sluggards! we are going into the forest to fetch wood.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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