Definition of loafer
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Examples of loafer in a sentence
an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
Origin and Etymology of loafer
perhaps short for landloafer, from German Landläufer tramp, from Land + Läufer runner
First Known Use: 1830
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: a low shoe with no laces
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: a person who does not work hard
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