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layabout
[ley-uh-bout]
noun
a lazy or idle person; loafer.
layabout
/ ˈɪəˌʊ /
noun
a lazy person; loafer
verb
old-fashioned(preposition, usually intr or reflexive) to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions
Word History and Origins
Origin of layabout1
Example Sentences
It’s one thing to cheer the firing of federal employees if you consider them a bunch of slothful layabouts.
Republicans consistently slander disability recipients as malingerers and layabouts.
Sir Rod told Walker he had "propelled the careers of a bunch of unknown layabouts to the top of the charts, and overnight fame and everything that goes with it".
Katie sees Rachel as little more than a useless layabout waiting to claim the apartment, even though Rachel had been the live-in caregiver before things turned.
She has dealt with her share of layabouts, deadbeats and heartbreakers.
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