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slugabed

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Old-fashioned a lazy person who stays in bed when he or she should be up

Origin of slugabed

from Middle English sluggen (see sluggard) + bed

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slugabed

noun

One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.
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Noun

(plural slugabeds)

  1. One who lies late in bed; a sluggard.
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