Bone-idle Definition
adjective
(UK, idiomatic) Utterly lazy.
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Alternative spelling of bone-idle.
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Synonyms:
- bone lazy
Origin of Bone-idle
Laziness that penetrates the very bones. Attested 1836. Similar terms (bone-lazy, bone-sore, bone-tired) pre-dated it in The Vocabulary Of East Anglia, 1830, Robert Forby.
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