Loafer
['ləʊfə] or ['lofɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel.
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who loafs; a lazy lounger.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Idler, lounger, vagrant, vagabond, idle wanderer.
Editor: Miles
Examples
- That loafer. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He hurried to his chamber and was down again in a few minutes dressed as a common loafer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- As a number of loafers and hangers-on about the docks threatened injury to Fulton’s Folly, as the building boat was called, he had to engage watchmen to guard his property. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A group of loafers upon the pavements, all staring up at a particular window, directed me to the house which I had come to see. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hey, loafers, he called to the men who sat at the table. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The whole party examined the new comer with the interest with which a set of loafers in a rainy day usually examine every newcomer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Rae