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layabout
[ ley-uh-bout ]
noun
Chiefly British.
- a lazy or idle person; loafer.
layabout
/ ˈɪəˌʊ /
noun
- a lazy person; loafer
verb
- old-fashioned.preposition, usually intr or reflexive to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of layabout1
1930–35; noun use of verb phrase lay about, nonstandard variant of lie about
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It’s one thing to cheer the firing of federal employees if you consider them a bunch of slothful layabouts.
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Republicans consistently slander disability recipients as malingerers and layabouts.
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Sir Rod told Walker he had "propelled the careers of a bunch of unknown layabouts to the top of the charts, and overnight fame and everything that goes with it".
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Katie sees Rachel as little more than a useless layabout waiting to claim the apartment, even though Rachel had been the live-in caregiver before things turned.
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She has dealt with her share of layabouts, deadbeats and heartbreakers.
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