slugabeds

noun

plural of slugabed
as in slugs
a lazy person he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison

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  1. slugs
  2. drones
  3. snails
Noun
  • By the time the buck had closed to 40 yards, I’d fired all my slugs and gingerly reloaded.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Oct. 2026
  • These beneficial predators spend the winter under leaves, emerging in spring to feed on common garden pests such as aphids, slugs and mites.
    — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of slugs
Noun
  • Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Efforts to rescue people Monday evening were hindered as Russian drones launched additional attacks in the area that had been bombed, according to Mykhailo Semikin, a military official in Zaporizhzhia.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of drones
Noun
  • In addition to crowding out other species, the DNR says the snails offer fish little nutritional value.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • And those kelp forests are—or were—marvels of diversity, providing a shelter for a wild array of ocean creatures from jeweled top sea snails to barrel-bodied harbor seals.
    — Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of snails
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