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- noun Plural form of
sluggard .
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Examples
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They are characterized as sluggards, slumberers, and sleepers; but they who are of the kingdom of Christ have all their appointed work.
The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God. d. 1631 1842
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I think that a lot of times, today, at-home ladies feel like they have to do all kinds of extra things to prove their worth, from keeping bees to making soap to heading up ministries in church or running their own business from home, and then dutifully report on how much they do to everyone so that they won't be considered sluggards.
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Moments in history, Henry 2nd and his role in the murer of Thomas A Becket was * sarcastically* yelling: What sluggards, what cowards have I brought up in my court, who care nothing for their allegiance to their lord.
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You know, the Bible has a lot to say about sluggards, lazy people, and fools.
Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas 2010
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To be fair, I come from a short line of rather selfish, lazy sluggards.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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To be fair, I come from a short line of rather selfish, lazy sluggards.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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I'm on my roof in the sun right now, doing all sorts of online tasks I've neglected like responding to emails and harassing sluggards, etc.
READERCON DECOMPRESS N A 2009
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I'm on my roof in the sun right now, doing all sorts of online tasks I've neglected like responding to emails and harassing sluggards, etc.
Archive 2009-07-01 N A 2009
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They are the lazy sluggards that make more work for the rest of us.
The Years Keep Getting Shorter Lauri 2009
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Michael Gorman, former president of the American Library Association, said that "that Google and Wikipedia were creating a generation of "intellectual sluggards incapable of moving beyond the Internet," with no interest in exploring non-digital resources."
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