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Meanings of loaf around in English

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Usage of loaf around in English
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Besides, it seemed good to him to loaf around like a bum!
L'Assommoir
2
He never was permitted to loaf around on the streets.
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
3
Maybe I'll decide to loaf around with you a few days and save borrowing.
Out of the Primitive
4
It's good enough just to loaf around and look at.
The Hidden Places
5
I don't work much- Ijustkinda loaf around and take care of the stock.
The Second Chance
6
But he was sure awful sick an' needed to loaf around an' be amused.
The Light of the Western Stars
7
Us men would loaf around and talk; and a man would say, 'There she goes!'
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
8
They loaf around in swing chairs and hearken to the first one who gets to 'em.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
9
Time and triumph encouraged us to loaf around.
An ordinary man
10
We'd get up when we liked and fish when we liked, and loaf around all day.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
11
Court meets next Monday, so, if you don't object, I'll just loaf around the office until then.
Roads of Destiny
12
For it was a weekday and the non-tourist population of Ireland had other things to do than loaf around.
Ghosts
13
To become a buckwheat-reaper and housekeeper, to look after the sheep and swine, and loaf around with my wife?
Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
14
The boys prefer to have occasional open evenings when they are free to loaf around, and go to bed early.
Camping For Boys
15
At all events, he has been allowed to loaf around here for some time, and you probably heard him swearing.
A War-Time Wooing: A Story
16
And so they would have to loaf around, in a place where the thermometer might be twenty degrees below zero!
The Jungle
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