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clock watcher

a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

couch potato

an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)

dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope

someone who wastes time

dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

daydreamer, woolgatherer

someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account

an idle worthless person

lazybones

a lazy person

lie-abed, slugabed

a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour

loon

a worthless lazy fellow

shirker, slacker

a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

slug, sluggard

an idle slothful person

spiv

a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

sunbather

someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan

trifler

one who behaves lightly or not seriously

whittler

someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)

drone

an idler who lives off of the work of other people

lotus-eater, stargazer

someone indifferent to the busy world

dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker

a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

goldbrick

a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

lingerer, loiterer

someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place

malingerer, shammer, skulker

someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud

someone who moves slowly

potterer, putterer

a person who putters about

scrimshanker

a shirker

straggler, strayer

someone who strays or falls behind

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nonworker

a person who does nothing