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loafer

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1. loafer - Noun

2. loafer - Verb

Meaning

One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. Robert Hughes

A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody. E. W. Howe

A loafer always has the correct time. Kin Hubbard

It's unbelievable that after more than 30 years in the game, pummeling a guy with his loafer will be my legacy. But I guess it's better than having no legacy at all. Mike Milbury

We know others by ourselves, sid the loafer about the lice. Swedish Proverb

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