Loafer

Loaf·er  (lfr)

A trademark used for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase: "The groom wore jeans, loafers and no socks" (Sports Illustrated).

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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 [ˈləʊfə]

n

1. a person who avoids work; idler

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a moccasin-like shoe for casual wear

[perhaps from 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) a lovable loafer with a roving eye

Translations

loafer [ˈləʊfəʳ] N

1. (= person) → gandul(a) m/f, vago/a m/f

2. (= shoe) → mocasín m

loafer [ˈləʊfə^r] n (= shoe) → mocassin m, flâneur québécisme)m >

loafer

n

(inf: = idler) → Faulenzer(in) m(f), → Nichtstuer(in) m(f)

(esp US: = casual shoe) → Halbschuh m, → Trotteur m

loafer [ˈləʊfəʳ] n (fam) → scansafatiche m/f inv; (shoes) loafers → mocassini mpl