layabout

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English

Etymology

lay +‎ about

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/
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Noun

layabout (plural layabouts)

  1. A lazy person.
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”

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