loafer

loaf·er  (lfr)

n.

One who is habitually idle: disliked loafers on the job.

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[Short for obsolete land-loafer, vagabond, idler, possibly partial translation of obsolete German Landläufer, from Middle High German landlöufer : land, land + löufer, runner (from loufen, to run, from Old High German hlouffan).]

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loafer

Noun

1. a person who avoids work; idler

2. a moccasin-like shoe [perhaps German Landläufer vagabond]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	loafer - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" do-nothing, idler, layabout, 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)
	2.	Loafer - a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

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loafer

noun idler, lounger, bum (informal) piker Austral., N.Z. (slang) drone Brit. shirker, couch potato (slang) time-waster, layabout, skiver Brit. (slang) ne'er-do-well, wastrel, bludger Austral., N.Z. (informal) lazybones (informal)