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English
Etymology
Laziness that penetrates the very bones. Attested 1836.[1] Similar terms (bone-lazy, bone-sore, bone-tired) pre-dated it in The Vocabulary Of East Anglia, 1830, Robert Forby.
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bone-idle (not comparable)
- (chiefly British, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic) Utterly lazy.
- Synonyms: lither, swear; see also Thesaurus:lazy
1836, Thomas Carlyle, New Letters:For the last three weeks I have been going what you call bone-idle.
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