as in slug
a lazy person
an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Recent Examples of loafer
Produced in India, the collection features boots, loafers, mary janes and more.
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
Keep scrolling to shop more cropped jackets, breezy skirts, tote bags, and slingback loafers inspired by Naomi Watts now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Keep things relatively fitted and simple up top, like with a T-shirt or a lightweight cardigan; ground your look with chunky loafers, which are some of the best shoes to wear with wide-leg pants.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
Look no further than these vintage-style loafers that will give your outfit classic flair thanks to their timeless design.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
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Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
Keep scrolling to shop more cropped jackets, breezy skirts, tote bags, and slingback loafers inspired by Naomi Watts now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Keep things relatively fitted and simple up top, like with a T-shirt or a lightweight cardigan; ground your look with chunky loafers, which are some of the best shoes to wear with wide-leg pants.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
Look no further than these vintage-style loafers that will give your outfit classic flair thanks to their timeless design.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loafer
Noun
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The campground setting has a primeval feel, situated in dense old growth forest along the scenic Smith River, where banana slugs frolic (okay, maybe move slowly and strangely).—
Jenna Blough,
Outside Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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Witnessing Shohei Ohtani slug a walk-off home run on the night he’s honored with his own bobblehead: priceless!—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This year’s honorees include founders across robotics, drones, offshore wind turbine operators and beyond.—
Hannah Hall,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Russian forces over the last month have dropped 2,800 air bombs on Ukraine, fired more than 1,400 drones – including 62 Shahed drones Sunday night – and levied some 60 other missiles of various types, according to The Associated Press.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 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
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Her motifs—flags, dominoes, seashells, snails, moons, eggs, owls—only heighten the otherworldliness.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Related species are already being studied for pain treatments, so these venomous snails could also hold some medical potential.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 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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But his angle is even tighter than those in the previous chances above, and Djed Spence is also no slouch in closing him down… … blocking the shot before Hojlund can test Vicario.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Following a parade of models who walked in an array of floral prints, slouch pants and tulle micro-skirts, Musk's mother Maye closed out the show.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 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
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Moore’s then-husband Bruce Willis plays against-type as the abusive layabout husband of hairdresser Joyce (Glenne Headly).—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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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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“Loafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loafer. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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