an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Wear it with wide-leg trousers and loafers if you’re headed to the office or pair it with jeans for brunch with friends.—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026 Vionic Uptown Loafers If your travel itinerary involves cobblestone streets, museum marathons, and the occasional sprint to catch a train, these loafers are ready.—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026 Ugg’s Ellis style boasts the snuggly shearling lining of the brand’s traditional pairs, yet offers the polished silhouette of classic loafers.—Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 29 Jan. 2026 Bessette-Kennedy’s love of loafers and pants is well-known, captured here in a quintessential off-duty look while walking back to her Tribeca apartment.—Julia Rabinowitsch, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loafer
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Etymology
perhaps short for landloafer, from German Landläufer tramp, from Land + Läufer runner