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layabout [ˈleɪəˌbaʊt] n 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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 layabout [ˈle/ɛ7əˌbaʊt] n (fam) → sfaccendato/a, fannullone/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Any plan with any integrity would have to go through serious environmental and economic analysis - not the sort of thing that's likely to be achieved in the next two weeks, least of all by this collection of dawdlers and layabouts. Jia's territory was scarred, if not convulsed, by the shift from collectivist state to individualistic market rule and populated mainly with disaffected young people, small-time hustlers, layabouts, and would-be entertainers. But it's also a Mugabe-esque redistribution of wealth, from hard-working achievers to underperforming layabouts. |
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