slowback

noun

slowback

noun

Etymology From slow + back.

1

Archaic, Slang A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

  • The slowbacks and lazie bones will none of this1619, John Favour, Antiquitie triumphing over Noveltie:

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