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layabout

[ley-uh-bout]

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noun Chiefly British.

a lazy or idle person; loafer.

Origin:
1930–35; noun use of verb phrase lay about, nonstandard variant of lie about

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layabout (ˈleɪəˌbaʊt)

—n
1.	a lazy person; loafer

—vb
2.	old-fashioned (preposition, usually intr or reflexive) to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions

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Word Origin & History

layabout

"habitual loafer," 1932, from lay (v.) + about. One who "lays about" the house, etc.

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