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Definition of bone idle adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bone idle

adjective
 
/ˌbəʊn ˈaɪdl/
 
/ˌbəʊn ˈaɪdl/
 (old-fashioned, British English, informal)
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  1. very lazy
    • She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: expressing idle through to the bone.
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