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Definition of Bone-idle
1. Adjective. Constitutionally lazy or idle.
Definition of Bone-idle
1. Adjective. (British idiomatic) utterly lazy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone-idle
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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