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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