Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, not comparable)Utterly lazy.

    constitutionally lazy or idle

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Origin

Laziness that penetrates the very bones. Attested 1836. Similar terms (bone-lazy, bone-sor

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. Compare to the bone.

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Synonyms

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Word family

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Relateddead tired

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