Possible Clues:

• Whacked an idle so-and-so
• An American down-and-out
• Exhausted ? useless person
• Lazy, useless person
• Informally a down-and-out
• Layabout
• Lazy person arranged date with a bed
• Lazy type, out of play, on strike repeatedly
• Tired of graveyard patrol?
• Exhausted