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slugabed

noun /ˈslʌɡəbɛd/

  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, […]

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry slugabed (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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