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loafer

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loaf·er  (lfr)
n.
One who is habitually idle: disliked loafers on the job.

[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).]

loafer
Noun
1. a person who avoids work; idler
2. a moccasin-like shoe [perhaps German Landläufer vagabond]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.loaferloafer - 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)
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

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)

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He found the "nigger" in him involuntarily giving the road, on the sidewalk, to a white rowdy and loafer.
There was as many as one loafer leaning up against every awning-post, and he most always had his hands in his britches-pockets, except when he fetched them out to lend a chaw of tobacco or scratch.
As a loafer I shall never be original, as I take it that you are.
 
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