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Definition of Luskish

1. a. Inclined to be lazy.

Definition of Luskish

1. Adjective. (obsolete) lazy ¹

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Definition of Luskish

1. lazy [adj] - See also: lazy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luskish

Literary usage of Luskish

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

1. Nathan Bailey's Dictionary, English-German and German-English: Englisch by Nathan Bailey (1810)
"... adj. negligent, lazy, careless, heedless, inattentive, »lighting, luskish: — oar. negligently, lazily, carelessly, heedlessly, ..."

2. The Making of Ireland and Its Undoing, 1200-1600 by Alice Stopford Green (1908)
"Diligent Englishmen " were needed to replace these "luskish loiterers," and so fair a land made perfect by " the bringing in of a better race. ..."

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