as in slug
a lazy person
an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Recent Examples of loafer
Better in Denim Why not skip the booties and loafers this time around and pair your go-to denim with some knit socks and fur lined slippers by Toteme?
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Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
These versions are perfect for the office as well and look elegant with a crisp white shirt, loafers, and a leather tote.
—Jana Ackermann, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2025
Kyle opted for a pair of sleek black slipper loafers to complete the ensemble.
—Nick Hall, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Style it with a slouchy wool coat that wraps around your waist and a pair of chunky loafers for contrast.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
These versions are perfect for the office as well and look elegant with a crisp white shirt, loafers, and a leather tote.
—Jana Ackermann, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2025
Kyle opted for a pair of sleek black slipper loafers to complete the ensemble.
—Nick Hall, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Style it with a slouchy wool coat that wraps around your waist and a pair of chunky loafers for contrast.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loafer
Noun
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Rats are infected with these L3 larvae by eating an infected slug or snail.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
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Vera appears to exist on chips, crisps, biscuits and the (more than) occasional slug of whiskey from a tea cup.—
Mary McNamara,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The intensive Ukrainian jamming has also grounded many of Russia’s drones, compelling desperate Russian operators to switch to pricier fiber-optic drones that send and receive signals via long thin cables instead of via radio.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Russian and Ukrainian armies are pressed up against each other, and constantly exchanging drone and artillery fire.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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However, if they’re all gone, recolonization is unlikely given snails’ limited ability to travel.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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But these underwater snails were nearly wiped out by fishing and disease, and in the 1990s, regulators closed the commercial abalone fishery.—
Grant Stringer,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Jan. 2023
Noun
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The Kansas City defense is no slouch either, and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has struggled at times when pressured.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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Tunguska was less dramatic, but was no slouch in terms of damage.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
Noun
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In Yancheng, in eastern China, the police have checked karaoke bars, rental housing and hotels for potential layabouts.—
Vivian Wang,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Republicans consistently slander disability recipients as malingerers and layabouts.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Loafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loafer. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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