What does lazy bones mean?
Lazy bones means (slang) A person who is lazy..
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/ˈleɪziˌboʊnz/ · noun
(slang) A person who is lazy..
The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."
His father thought that there was no doubt some more suitable work to be found for him, for he who should watch hares ought to be light and smart, and no lazybones, and when the hares began to run and fly about, there would be quite another dance than hanging about the house all day doing nothing.
How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?
Isn't it time you got up, you lazybones?
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Lazy bones means (slang) A person who is lazy..
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The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."
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