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slugabed

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈslʌɡəbɛd/Part of speech nounSorted abdeglsuStarts with SEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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, […]
  • [O]n rising one morning, I entered the cabin, and found Oriana, as usual, up before me, for I always was a sad slug-a-bed, […]
  • You men have had baths, while Aunt Hilda and I haven't had a chance to get clean for fear of waking you slugabeds.

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