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Lazy
·superl Wicked; vicious. II. Lazy ·superl Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. I...

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lazy
As lazy as Ludman's dog, who leaned against the wall to bark. As lazy as the tinker, who laid down h...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to lazy
To live idly; to be idle.--Todd. The hands and feet mutinied against the belly; they knew no reason...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lazy
naught, bad. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Painter
·noun The panther, or puma. II. Painter ·noun One whose occupation is to paint. III. Painter ·noun...

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painter
I'll cut your painter for you; I'll send you off; the painter being the ropfe that holds the boat fa...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
painter
In the country the popular name of the cougar or panther (felis concolor). Vanderdonck, in his "Hist...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
painter
A rope attached to the bows of a boat, used for making her fast: it is spliced with a thimble to a r...

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lazy guy
A small tackle or rope to prevent the spanker-boom from swaying about in fine weather. ...

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Painter, William
(1540?-1594) Translator, etc., ed. at Camb., was then successively schoolmaster at Sevenoaks, and C...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
religious painter
One who does not break the commandment which prohibits the making of the likeness of any thing in he...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shank-painter
The stopper which confines the shank of the anchor to the ship's side, and prevents the flukes from ...

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lazy man's load
Lazy people frequently take up more than they can safely carry, to save the trouble of coming a seco...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Jack the Painter
n. very strong bush-tea, socalled from the mark it leaves round the drinker's mouth. 1855. G. C. M...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
cutting his painter
Making off suddenly or clandestinely, or "departed this life." ...

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Painters' Hall or Painter Stainers' Hall
On the west side of Little Trinity Lane at No.9 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward. First mention...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.