layabout
a person who is lazy
TRANSLATION
layabout = Faulenzer --- How important is this English word? pothole: 1,320,000 Google Hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
In 1978, when Martina Navratilova won the first of her nine Wimbledon singles titles - an unbeaten record - I was still a LAYABOUT student.
(The Times, May 27, 2006)
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It was at the height of the IRA's mainland bombing campaign when anti-Irish feeling was running high. Conlon was an easy victim. He was a self-confessed LAYABOUT who "liked money, gambling and girls", and dabbled in soft drugs.
(BBC News, February 11, 2005)
(The Times, May 27, 2006)
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It was at the height of the IRA's mainland bombing campaign when anti-Irish feeling was running high. Conlon was an easy victim. He was a self-confessed LAYABOUT who "liked money, gambling and girls", and dabbled in soft drugs.
(BBC News, February 11, 2005)
Did you
know?
layabout
noun
1) A person who is unwilling to work
Source: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2) A lazy or idle person; a loafer (colloquial)
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Synonyms:
loafer, bum, lazy bum, idler, good-for-nothing, no-good, sluggard, wastrel, do-nothing, lazy-bones, slouch
Slacker, another synonym for layabout, is an American term usually refering to young people in their twenties who don't work and who prefer to spend their time in pursuit of idle activities (watching television, listening to music, eating, hanging out in shopping malls). A 1991 movie called Slacker did much to popularise the word.
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“I'm glad the company finally fired him. He was just a layabout anyway.”
noun
1) A person who is unwilling to work
Source: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2) A lazy or idle person; a loafer (colloquial)
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Synonyms:
loafer, bum, lazy bum, idler, good-for-nothing, no-good, sluggard, wastrel, do-nothing, lazy-bones, slouch
Slacker, another synonym for layabout, is an American term usually refering to young people in their twenties who don't work and who prefer to spend their time in pursuit of idle activities (watching television, listening to music, eating, hanging out in shopping malls). A 1991 movie called Slacker did much to popularise the word.
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“I'm glad the company finally fired him. He was just a layabout anyway.”
