Definitions of layabout
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person who does no work
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synonyms:
bum, do-nothing, idler, loafer
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types:
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clock watcher
a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
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couch potato
an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
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dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope
someone who wastes time
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dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
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daydreamer, woolgatherer
someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
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goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account
an idle worthless person
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lazybones
a lazy person
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lie-abed, slugabed
a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
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loon
a worthless lazy fellow
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shirker, slacker
a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
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slug, sluggard
an idle slothful person
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spiv
a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
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sunbather
someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan
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trifler
one who behaves lightly or not seriously
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whittler
someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
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drone
an idler who lives off of the work of other people
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lotus-eater, stargazer
someone indifferent to the busy world
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dreamer, escapist, wishful thinker
a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
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goldbrick
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
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lingerer, loiterer
someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
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malingerer, shammer, skulker
someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
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plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud
someone who moves slowly
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potterer, putterer
a person who putters about
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scrimshanker
a shirker
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straggler, strayer
someone who strays or falls behind
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type of:
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nonworker
a person who does nothing
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