1876 C. C. Robinson 81/1 They are marrows in bone-idleness.
1959 15 Apr. 511/1 Unemployment..until then had been regarded as a cross between an act of God and sheer bone idleness.
2001 21 Jan. (Business section) 32/2 A few companies have introduced what they call Duvet Days—extra, paid days off, to be taken in the event of a terrible hangover or a bad case of bone idleness.