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sluggard
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Adjective
Synonyms: Noun
couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed
Antonyms: Noun
doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter
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14th century, in the meaning defined above
1557, in the meaning defined above
Middle English sluggart
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