SLUGGARD in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of SLUGGARD
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sluggard
 n.  lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
Classic Sentence:
1  I proved myself a sluggard on my post during the past night," said Heyward, "and have less need of repose than you, who did more credit to the character of a soldier.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
2  Then I should have chosen a career for myself, I should have been a sluggard and a glutton, not a simple one, but, for instance, one with sympathies for everything sublime and beautiful.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: VI
Example Sentence:
1  "You are a sluggard, a drone, a parasite," the angry father shouted at his lazy son.