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What is "layabout" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does layabout mean in English? Meaning of layabout definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "layabout" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "layabout": person who does no work

Noun

  • Meaning: person who does no work
  • Example: a lazy bum
  • Synonyms: bum do-nothing idler layabout loafer
  • Hyponyms: clock watcher couch potato dallier dawdler daydreamer dilly-dallier dillydallier drone goldbrick good-for-naught good-for-nothing goof-off laggard lagger lazybones lie-abed loon lounger mope ne'er-do-well no-account poke shirker slacker slug slugabed sluggard spiv sunbather trailer trifler whittler woolgatherer
  • Hypernyms: nonworker

    • Synonyms:

    waster, wanderer, wastrel, malingerer, slouch, lazybones, good-for-nothing, loafer, idler, deadbeat, do-nothing, slacker, sluggard, shirker, fainéant, no-good, beachcomber, lounger, goof-off, sponger, slugabed, faineant, ne'er-do-well,

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