loiter-sack

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English

Etymology

From loiter +‎ sack.

Noun

loiter-sack (plural loiter-sacks)

  1. (obsolete) A lazy person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idler
    • c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. , 2nd edition, London: Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:
      I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betraies his Maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovv vvhat my boy hath don, Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a Tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.

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