Slingsby was rather puny, and withal somewhat of a coward, but very apt at his learning; Jack, on the contrary, was a bully-boy out of doors, but a sad laggard at his books.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
The Liffy was no laggard, and we pressed after her.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
A laggard moon sailed out from a cloud-bank and painted the road white as far as the eye could follow it.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer