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layabout

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lay·a·bout  (l-bout)
n.
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.

layabout
Noun
a lazy person
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.layaboutlayabout - person who does no work; "a lazy 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
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)
Translations
Spanish layabout [ˈleɪəbaut] nvago/a
French layabout [ˈleɪəbaut] nfainéant(e)
German layabout [ˈleɪəbaut] lay (inf) (pej) nFaulenzer m
Italian layabout [ˈleɪəbaut] nsfaccendato/a, fannullone/a

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It's up to Clarrie to hold the family together, with the dubious help of their uncle Len, a good-hearted layabout, who spends his earnings as a ventriloquist on gambling and drink.
He saves some of his highest praise for Mykelti Williamson ("Forrest Gump", "Ali") who plays Uncle George, Rashad and Ant's layabout uncle.
The glitzy layabout Lois Magic is anything but enchanting, but Marlowe saves her from a murder frame-up by her cuckolded husband.
 
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