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loaf·er

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–noun

a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.

[Origin: 1820–30, Americanism; perh. short for *landloafer vagabond; cf. G (obs.) Landläufer, D landloper; see landloper

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—Related forms

loaf·er·ish, adjective

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Loaf·er

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Trademark.

a brand name for a moccasinlike slip-on shoe.

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n. One who is habitually idle: disliked loafers on the job.

[Short for obsolete land-loafer, vagabond, idler, possibly partial translation of obsolete German Landläufer, from Middle High German landlöufer : land, land + löufer, runner (from loufen, to run, from Old High German hlouffan).]

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A trademark used for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase: "The groom wore jeans, loafers and no socks" (Sports Illustrated).

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loafer
noun
1.	person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: idler]
2.	a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel

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ˈloafer noun

Example: an idle loafer

Arabic:	مُتَسَكِّع
Chinese (Simplified):	游手好闲者
Chinese (Traditional):	游手好閑者
Czech:	povaleč
Danish:	drivert
Dutch:	leegloper
Estonian:	logard
Finnish:	tyhjäntoimittaja
French:	fainéant, *-ante
German:	der Bummler
Hungarian:	léhűtő
Icelandic:	slæpingi
Indonesian:	gelandangan
Italian:	bighellone
Japanese:	怠け者

Korean:	게으름뱅이
Latvian:	sliņķis; slaists; klaidonis
Lithuanian:	dykūnas, bastūnas
Norwegian:	en som går og slenger, dagdriver
Polish:	wałkoń
Portuguese (Brazil):	vagabundo
Portuguese (Portugal):	vagabundo
Romanian:	leneş
Russian:	бездельник
Slovak:	povaľač
Slovenian:	lenuh
Spanish:	gandul, vago
Swedish:	dagdrivare
Turkish:	aylak kimse