an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Add boots and a leather jacket for dinner, throw on a cardigan and flats for the office, or keep it simple with loafers for a business lunch.—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025 Don’t forget the statement Fair Isle from Favorite Daughter to pair with pleated skirts and leather loafers all season long.—Kristina Rutkowski, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025 The overall men’s silhouette is more refined yet softer, from cocoon coats to soft leather slippers and loafers.—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025 No superheroes, just Benedict Cumberbatch trading his Doctor Strange cape for some loafers and some play-bickering with Olivia Colman.—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loafer
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Etymology
perhaps short for landloafer, from German Landläufer tramp, from Land + Läufer runner
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