as in slug
a lazy person
an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Recent Examples of loafer
In France, it’s often worn simply with a pair of white jeans and loafers, the sleeves casually rolled up in a carefree yet very put-together way.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
In Buffalo, watch Terry Pegula insert those puppies — socks, loafers, everything — into his mouth.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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
British Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi clearly agrees, styling hers over a double-layered shirt with easy blue jeans and a playful loafer.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
In Buffalo, watch Terry Pegula insert those puppies — socks, loafers, everything — into his mouth.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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
British Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi clearly agrees, styling hers over a double-layered shirt with easy blue jeans and a playful loafer.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loafer
Noun
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The reflective foil discourages unwanted insects and pests like slugs from approaching and harming the plants, but actually helps to attract butterflies.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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Providing ample shade and maintaining healthy soil can help prevent issues, including occasional damage from slugs and snails, root rot, and powdery mildew.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cutting convoy risk Army planners see cargo drones as a way to reduce dependence on traditional resupply convoys.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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But what changed was the missile and drone attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure in September, 2019, which were assumed to be perpetrated by, but were never formally attributed to, Iran.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Here, in the rugged, remote Santa Cruz Mountains, one of California’s coastal ranges, the counterculture had found one of its first bucolic, dharma-bum milieus.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Aspen, Colorado In 1989, when a five-star, ski-in, ski-out hotel called the Little Nell opened on the site of a ski-bum bar, Aspen left its counterculture hippie days in the dust and transitioned to an A-list playground.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Pest Control with Cardboard Slugs and snails are drawn to cool, damp cardboard.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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O’Connor and Brown are no slouches either; both are capable of starting and playing at a high level.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Granted, Hernandez is no slouch in the education department.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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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In Noah Baumbach’s 2007 movie Margot at the Wedding, Jack Black’s character, a would-be painter, former musician, and general layabout named Malcolm, is accused by his fiancée of being competitive with everyone.—
Ryu Spaeth,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2026
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As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Loafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loafer. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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