layabout
layabout · layabouts
A lazy personA lazy person.
/ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/
» Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
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1 senses(informal, slang)A lazy person.
Faulenzer, Tunichtgut, Nichtsnutz
безде́льникbezdélʹnik, лентя́йlentjáj, лежебо́каležebóka
person who does no work
Examples
2 sentencesThose good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
My father was a good-for-nothing layabout who sat about on his posterior all day and ate potato chips.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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Origin
From lay + about.From lay + about.
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