laze

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Then he took time over the melons to tell me how his mother in Italy, who was evidently something of a match-maker, had gotten fooled on a young man who was both "laze" and "steenge" in his youth but who made a very good husband One day it was figs, and I was strong for the nice appearing ones, but Mr. Mazzini told me a lot about figs and chose me some that were lop-sided from packing.

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  1. intransitive verb To be lazy; loaf: laze around the house.
  2. transitive verb To spend (time) loafing: lazed the afternoon away in a hammock.

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  • In any event, until his mastery of the command cruiser was accepted beyond question, he had to act like a Patrolman, and act it to the hilt Parallel the Barnaby at two hundred kilometers," he snapped, "and slash-laze the attacking minimans! —  Analog February, 1971
  • You can ask the staff to arrange, for small extra fees, a private picnic on a pristine deserted cay near Guanaja island, where you can laze or romance the day away, far from any human contact if you wish. —  "news" via big sleep in Google Reader
  • It's Saturday, which is the day the kids can eat sugary cereal for breakfast, the day that we all laze around for a little while playing computer games or watching cartoons, etc, but come afternoon, we all get moving on some variation or another of a Clean The House project. —  adventures in mercy
  • From only $28 per person, you can pick up your picnic basket filledwith goodies, grab a bottle of wine from the cellar door, and find aperfect spot near the creek to laze away a few hours. www. oreillys.com.au or call (07) 5543 40111. —  northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star
  • This area has an island feel with great bungalows right on the beach with tons of beach chairs and rope swing beds to laze the days away. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Back-formation from lazy.

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  1. from lazy, on the supposed analogy of hazy, from haze.
  2. from laze, v.
 

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