loafer
noun
[ ˈləʊfə ]
• a person who avoids work and spends their time idly.
Similar:
idler,
layabout,
good-for-nothing,
ne'er-do-well,
do-nothing,
lounger,
shirker,
sluggard,
slug,
laggard,
slugabed,
malingerer,
waster,
slacker,
cyberslacker,
slob,
lazybones,
skiver,
• a leather shoe shaped like a moccasin, with a flat heel.
• "his handmade Italian loafers"
Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps from German Landläufer ‘tramp’, from Land ‘land’ + laufen (dialect lofen ) ‘to run’.
