First Known Use: 1830
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loafer
noun loaf·er \ˈlō-fər\
: a low shoe with no laces
: a person who does not work hard
Full Definition of LOAFER
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: a low step-in shoe
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Origin of LOAFER
perhaps short for landloafer, from German Landläufer tramp, from Land + Läufer runner
Related to LOAFER
- Synonyms
- couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard
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