Sluggard waker — A sluggard waker was an 18th century job appointed to a parishioner (usually the parish clerk), in British churches [ [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors eng/peter hampson ditchfield/the parish clerk 1907 363/page 8 the parish clerk 1907 363.shtml … Wikipedia
sluggard — late 14c. (implied in sluggardly), from M.E. sluggi sluggish, indolent, probably from a Scandinavian word, Cf. dialectal Norw. and Swed. slugga be sluggish, dialectal Norw. sluggje heavy, slow person. Tis the voice of a sluggard I heard him… … Etymology dictionary
Sluggard — Slug gard, n. [Slug + ard.] A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. [1913 Webster] Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Prov. vi. 6. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Durham Proverbs — is a collection of 46 Mediæval proverbs from various sources. They were written down as a collection, in the eleventh century, on some pages (pages 43 verso to 45 verso, between a hymnal and a collection of canticles) of a manuscript that were… … Wikipedia
'Tis the Voice of the Lobster — The Lobster, illustrated by John Tenniel Tis the Voice of the Lobster is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in Chapter 10 of Alice s Adventure … Wikipedia
sluggard — Synonyms and related words: bum, clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, do nothing, dolittle, doodler, drone, faineant, foot dragger, gentleman of leisure, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof off, idler, laggard, lazybones, lie… … Moby Thesaurus
sluggard — noun a lazy, sluggish person. Derivatives sluggardliness noun sluggardly adjective Origin ME: from the rare verb slug be lazy or slow + ard … English new terms dictionary
Tripod (The War of the Worlds) — Martian tripod illustration drawn by Henrique Alvim Corréa for a 1906 edition of the novel. Tripods or fighting machines are a type of fictional three legged walker from the H. G. Wells classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, used by … Wikipedia
go to the ant thou sluggard — instead of continuing to be lazy model yourself after the industrious ant … English contemporary dictionary
List of Frankish kings — The Franks were originally led by dukes (military leaders) and reguli (petty kings). The Salian Merovingians rose to dominance among the Franks and conquered most of Roman Gaul. They also conquered the Visigoths in 507. The sons of Clovis… … Wikipedia
