layabout

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A lazy or idle person; a loafer.

layabout [ˈleɪəˌbaʊt]

a lazy person; loafer

vb lay about

(preposition, usually intr or reflexive) Old-fashioned to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions

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Noun

layabout - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

do-nothing, idler, loafer, bum

nonworker - a person who does nothing

clock watcher - a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

couch potato - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)

dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope - someone who wastes time

dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

daydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, goldbrick - an idle worthless person

lazybones - a lazy person

lie-abed, slugabed - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour

loon - a worthless lazy fellow

shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

sluggard, slug - an idle slothful person

spiv - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

sunbather - someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan

trifler - one who behaves lightly or not seriously

whittler - someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)

layabout

noun idler, lounger, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), shirker, loafer, couch potato (slang), vagrant, laggard, skiver (Brit. slang), beachcomber, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, wastrel, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), slubberdegullion (archaic) The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.

Translations

layabout [ˈleɪəbaʊt] N → holgazán/ana m/f, vago/a m/f

layabout [ˈleɪəbaʊt] n → fainéant(e) m/f
lay-by layby [ˈleɪbaɪ] n (British) → aire f de stationnement sur le bas-côté
lay days npl (NAUTICAL, NAVAL) → estarie f

layabout [ˈle/ɛ7əˌbaʊt] n (fam) → sfaccendato/a, fannullone/a

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bum
clock watcher
couch potato
Dallier
Daydreamer
dilly-dallier
dillydallier
good-for-naught
good-for-nothing
goof-off
idler
lazybones
lie-abed
Loafer
ne'er-do-well
nonworker
slacker
slugabed
sluggard

Laying the laminate floor to I Wanna Be Like You from the Jungle Book was just the old decorating episode all over again and Ricky Tomlinson as layabout Jim was too OTT.

Letter: POINTS OF VIEW by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

The flat cap-wearing layabout will call on stars including soccer's Rio Ferdinand and Alan Smith to put the Everyday Sport message over.

Andy fit for TV ad by The Mirror (London, England)

The reality show, called Bed and Bardsley (yes, the foul-mouthed upstart has managed to get her name in the title) centres around Lizzie and layabout hubby Mark running a Blackpool B&B for a week.

Mouthy returns by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

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