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lazy man's load

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
lazy -man's load
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heavy and potentially harmful or unmanageable load that should be split into two smaller loads.

Etymology

A lazy person might try to reduce the number of trips back and forth by carrying more each time.

Inflected Forms

lazy man's loads (plural) lazy men's loads (plural)

Questions

What does lazy man's load mean?
A heavy and potentially harmful or unmanageable load that should be split into two smaller loads.
Where does lazy man's load come from?
A lazy person might try to reduce the number of trips back and forth by carrying more each time.

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