(informal, UK, Irish) A person, especially a child, who moves slowly.
Hey, you slowcoaches at the back! Get a move on!
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(informal, UK, Irish) A person who is slow on the uptake; one who does not comprehend new ideas quickly.
1911, Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Blue Cross:
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