as in slug
a lazy person
an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Recent Examples of loafer
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.
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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
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
Subramanyam and a staffer who occasionally came up to the stage to pass him notes wore identical comfort loafers with their suits.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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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
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
Subramanyam and a staffer who occasionally came up to the stage to pass him notes wore identical comfort loafers with their suits.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loafer
Noun
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Lack of slug may end up haunting them in the postseason.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Place a piece of 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard or thin plywood on the garden surface to attract slugs, then check under it every morning.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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During one such strike last week, around two dozen Russian drones entered Poland -- by far the largest-ever of Russian drones into NATO airspace.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Within the last week, Russian drones were shot down in NATO airspace over Poland and Romania.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Celebratory backslaps, encouraging bum-pats and the fall of opposition wickets celebrated en masse are often an indication of a team’s togetherness.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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With both travel and programming budgets under pressure, all markets have to make a strong case to get buyer and seller bums on seats (or, more accurately, into screening booths and meeting rooms).—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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The snail is two years old and the millipede is only a few months old.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Jan. 2023
Noun
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The Chargers are certainly no slouch of an opponent, so the Raiders not having Bowers in the lineup would have been difficult to deal with.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Perfectly roomy with a bit of effortless slouch for a relaxed feel, the Balance Bucket is available in both black and brown suede, plus black leather, to complement every mood and lifestyle.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
Noun
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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
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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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“Loafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loafer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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