lazy Lawrence

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English

Etymology

Reference to a character in Scottish folklore.

Noun

lazy Lawrence (plural lazy Lawrences)

  1. A lazy person.
    • 1902, Matilda Betham-Edwards, East of Paris:
      On the other hand only inveterate loiterers, the Lazy Lawrences of travel, can appreciate the subtler beauties of this woodland world. There are certain sights and sounds not to be caught by hurried observers, […]
    • Andrew Caughey, quoted in 2013, Verel R. Salmon, Common Men in the War for the Common Man (page 20)
      “Lazy Lawrences” had no kind of a good time under his dominion, and the strap and ferule were not mere ornaments about his throne, but for use:

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