slowpoke
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsloʊˌpoʊk/
Noun[edit]
slowpoke (plural slowpokes)
- (US, Canada, informal, mildly derogatory) A person who moves slowly or takes a long time to do something.
- Hey, you slowpokes in the back! Get a move on!
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:
- "Yas'm," said Prissy and, turning, sauntered down the walk at snail's gait. "Hurry, you slow poke!"
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person who moves slowly
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