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Search phrase: sluggard

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Richard IIR2 III.ii.84Awake, thou coward majesty; thou sleepest.Awake thou sluggard Maiestie, thou sleepest:
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.226That you have ta'en a tardy sluggard here.That you haue tane a tardie sluggard heere?
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.7Than, living dully sluggardized at home,Then (liuing dully sluggardiz'd at home)

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1278 ‘ The more to blame my sluggard negligence. The more to blame my sluggard negligence.

Glossary

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bed-pressersluggard, lazy fellow
lownrogue, sluggard; worthless idiot
slugsluggard, lazy fellow
sluggardizedlike a sluggard, made lazy

Thesaurus

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sluggardbed-presser
sluggardslug
sluggard, like asluggardized
sluggard; worthless idiotlown

Themes and Topics

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Politeness...entlemen / that you have ta’en a tardy sluggard here mercy i cry you 1h6 v...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SLUGBASICsluggard n, sluggardized adj

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