Definition of Bone-idle

1. Adjective. Constitutionally lazy or idle.

Exact synonyms: Bone-lazy
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Idle

Definition of Bone-idle

1. Adjective. (British idiomatic) utterly lazy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone-idle

bonducs
bondwoman
bondwomen
bone-ash cup
bone-chilling
bone-covered
bone-crunching
bone-dry
bone-dry(a)
bone-eating snot flower worm
bone-fire
bone-fires
bone-forming cell
bone-headed dinosaur
bone-idle (current term)
bone-lazy
bone-marrow
bone-meal
bone-salt
bone-shaker
bone-shakers
bone-shaking
bone: gallium imaging
bone Gla protein
bone abscess
bone ache
bone age
bone architecture
bone ash

Literary usage of Bone-idle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"Common pronunciation of Bonfire, in accordance with the early spelling of the word, and with its derivation from Bone, Os. bone-idle, adj. ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe). by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"Common pronunciation of Bonfire, in accordance with the early spelling of the word, and with its derivation from Bone, Os. bone-idle, adj. ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"68. BONE-HUGGING, carrying corpses to the grave. bone-idle, adj. very idle. BONK, v. to make bankrupt. It is used by boys playing at marbles. ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"I can remember how, fifty years ago, " bone-idle " or " born-idle " men were called " Sham Abrahams," which meant that they shammed some ailment ..."

5. The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it by Hinton Rowan Helper (1857)
"But " bone idle is what I called him," was the verdict long after of one, perhaps too critical, employer. " I found him," he said, " cocked up on a haystack ..."

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