Associations to the word «Slowpoke»

Wiktionary

SLOWPOKE, noun. (US) (Canada) A mild insult for a person that moves slowly.

Dictionary definition

SLOWPOKE, noun. Someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats