Idler
['aɪdlə] or ['aɪdlɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
(n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.
(n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
Typed by Frank
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Drone, sluggard, laggard, lounger, dawdler, trifler, doodle, slow-back, inefficient person.
Inputed by Liza
Examples
- And here are Crabbe's Tales, and the Idler, at hand to relieve you, if you tire of your great book. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He is a dissipated, extravagant idler. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The rough outline sketched below shows the location of motor in relation to counter-shaft, belting, driving-wheels, idler, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The lever which threw the former friction gear into adjustment was made to operate an idler pulley for tightening the axle-belt. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- While a leisurely atmosphere pervades the town, few idlers are seen. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The day after she went to walk on the Pincian Hill--the Hyde Park of the Roman idlers--possibly in hopes to have another sight of Lord Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the morning the custom-house officers, together with a crowd of idlers, visited her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Only a very few idlers were collected on account of the dismal rain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Michael