English

Alternative forms

• sluggabed
• slug-a-bed

Noun

slugabed ‎(plural slugabeds)

1. One who lies late in bed; a sluggard.
   • 1592: Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet - Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you sluggabed.
   • 1897: Hurton, Doomed Ship - I found Oriana, as usual, up before me, for I always was a sad slug-a-bed.
   • 1980: Heinlein, The Number of the Beast - You men have had baths, while Aunt Hilda and I haven't had a chance to get clean for fear of waking you slugabeds.

References

• slugabed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913