lag-lastn.
/ˈlaɡlɑːst/, /ˈlaɡlast/, U.S. /ˈlæɡˌlæst/ One who lags or lingers to the very last. Also attributive.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person
sluggard1398
slugc1425
dawa1500
belly huddroun?a1513
slowbelly1526
luggard?1528
heavy arse1530
slugger1539
druggard1569
slowback1577
snaila1593
slugplum1593
druggle1611
dawdlea1764
laggard1808
doldrum1812
dawdler1818
slowcoach1828
lag-last1830
slowpoke1847
morepork1874
slob1876
slow boat to China1919
schlump1941
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish
lateeOE
latredec897
latelyOE
slowfulc1400
latesomea1425
languoring?c1425
sluggedc1430
tardy1483
tediousc1485
hooly1513
longsome1543
lingeringa1547
tarde1547
slow-worm1548
tardious?1572
lagging1597
snail-slow1600
snail-paced1601
snail-like1639
languid1646
dilatory1648
sluggish1648
languishing1693
laggard1702
lentitudinous1801
laggardly1826
lag-last1862
slowpoke1872
1830 G. P. R. James Darnley I. ix. 198 He'll be lag last.
1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 634 The laglasts, springing simultaneously out of bed, turned the late quiet dormitory into a very noisy assembly-room.
1862 C. Rossetti Goblin Market (1884) 84 One day in the country Is worth a day and a year Of the dusty, musty, lag-last fashion That days drone elsewhere.
1869 R. B. Peacock Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Lag or Lag last is said by boys when playing at pitch and toss, or other games, in order that they may bespeak the last pitch.
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