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lazy

/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ noun C2
  1. A lazy person.

Plural lazies

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I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather—that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 25 · B2
But the girl lived with an old woman who did not want her to marry anyone, for she was so lazy she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 29 · B2
Those lazy fellows have not even swept the cobwebs away.” While he thus examined everything in turn, he spied the tips of the antlers of the Stag peeping out of the straw.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 34 · B2
In this manner they had not proceeded far when they met a company of women and children: “Why, you lazy old fellow,” cried several tongues at once, “how can you ride upon the beast, while that poor little lad there can hardly keep pace by the side of you?
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 50 · B2

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