Etymology

slugabed

slug·a·bed
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Today it means: A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard. Full definition →

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The story

From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.