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she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything
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But his Johnny is a sullen layabout, lacking in the punk rock energy that the role requires.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Katie sees Rachel as little more than a useless layabout waiting to claim the apartment, even though Rachel had been the live-in caregiver before things turned.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Terry described Simon — the brother of his late wife —as a layabout who tried to make money by playing various lotteries all day.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
The adventurous will find isolation on an epic scale on northern Iceland's windswept landscape, the traditional serenity on a private island off of Anguilla, and the bohemian layabouts a haven in a compound on the Andalusian coast.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2023
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Movies For Subscribers The 27 best movie theaters in Los Angeles
Nov. 22, 2023
Katie sees Rachel as little more than a useless layabout waiting to claim the apartment, even though Rachel had been the live-in caregiver before things turned.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Terry described Simon — the brother of his late wife —as a layabout who tried to make money by playing various lotteries all day.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
The adventurous will find isolation on an epic scale on northern Iceland's windswept landscape, the traditional serenity on a private island off of Anguilla, and the bohemian layabouts a haven in a compound on the Andalusian coast.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2023
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“Layabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layabout. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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