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she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything
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Not surprisingly, some colonists preferred to be layabouts.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
The revolution is in tatters, and DiCaprio’s Bob, once a celebrity rebel, is now a benignly useless substance-using layabout who tries, in his shambling way, to take care of his and Perfidia’s daughter, Willa (played with a no-nonsense radiance by Chase Infiniti).
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Moore’s then-husband Bruce Willis plays against-type as the abusive layabout husband of hairdresser Joyce (Glenne Headly).
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
The revolution is in tatters, and DiCaprio’s Bob, once a celebrity rebel, is now a benignly useless substance-using layabout who tries, in his shambling way, to take care of his and Perfidia’s daughter, Willa (played with a no-nonsense radiance by Chase Infiniti).
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Moore’s then-husband Bruce Willis plays against-type as the abusive layabout husband of hairdresser Joyce (Glenne Headly).
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Layabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layabout. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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