slowback

English

Etymology

slow +‎ back

Pronunciation
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Noun

slowback (plural slowbacks)

  1. (archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
    • 1619, John Favour, Antiquitie triumphing over Noveltie
      The slowbacks and lazie bones will none of this

References

slowback in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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