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slug⋅a⋅bed

  [sluhg-uh-bed]
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–noun
a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
Origin:
1585–95; slug 1 + abed
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slug·a·bed   (slŭg'ə-běd')   
n.  One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slugabed

Slug"a*bed`\, n. One who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. [R.] "Fie, you slugabed!" --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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