lazybones

lazybones
   This term has been applied to a lazy person of either sex and of any age since the end of the sixteenth century. By that time ‘bones’ was occasionally being used for body in an expression like ‘he ran as fast as his old bones could carry him’. ‘Lazybones’ is a mild expression: if the speaker wanted to emphasize someone’s laziness he would probably employ an expression beginning ‘you lazy…’.

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