LazyLazy as David Lawrence's dog. Here Lawrence is a corruption of Larrence, an imaginary being supposed by Scottish peasantry to preside over the lazy and indolent. Laziness is called “Larrence.” (See and compare Davy Jones.)
This Ludlam was the famous sorceress of Surrey, who lived in a cave
near Farnham, called “Ludlam's Cave.” She kept a dog, noted for its
laziness, so that when the rustics came to consult the witch, it would
hardly condescend to give notice of their approach, even with the ghost
of a bark. ( Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Lazy from Infoplease:
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