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Found 1 hit - Term: lazy tongs, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lazy \la"zy\, a. compar. lazier; superl. laziest. oe.
   lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. f. las tired, l.
   lassus, akin to e. late; or cf. lg. losig, lesig.
   1. disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle;
      shirking work. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
      "the night owl's lazy flight." --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. wicked; vicious. obs. or prov. eng. --b. jonson.
      1913 webster

   lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great
      extension, originally made for picking up something at a
      distance, now variously applied in machinery.

   syn: idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. see idle.
        1913 webster
see also:
lazier laziest lazy tongs idle 

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