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Meanings of
loafer
in English
Russian
лоферы
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Type of low, lace-less shoe.
penny loafers
Related terms
shoe style
Russian
лоферы
Portuguese
vagabundo
Catalan
mandrós
Spanish
vago
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Person who does no work.
bum
idler
layabout
do-nothing
Portuguese
vagabundo
Usage of
loafer
in English
1
For Marty Day was not the only young
loafer
in the town.
2
The governor appointed a
loafer
fellow, in the early days, Port Warden.
3
Stepping over to the other side, her right
loafer
crunched in something.
4
The one thing you cannot do is
loafer
with a heavy heart.
5
In so far as I am an artist, I am a
loafer
.
6
The Gucci furry
loafer
is undoubtedly the fashion totem of Autumn 2015.
7
The brutal
loafer
changed countenance as he caught the red man's eye.
8
His father nudged a haunch with the toe of his cordovan
loafer
.
9
Enter the driving moccasin- aflexibleleather
loafer
with a grippy rubber sole.
10
They are a
slipper
-
loafer
hybrid, and are meant to be worn indoors.
11
Rather have no help at all than have a
loafer
helping me.
12
Francie slumped on a shoe bench, halfheartedly slipping out of her
loafer
.
13
Was he a man or only a crosseyed thief an a
loafer
?
14
Who do you think would take that drunken
loafer
's
word against mine?
15
Nemo shrugged and scuffed the dust with the toe of his
loafer
.
16
The dog returned from the bedroom with one
loafer
in his mouth.
Other examples for "loafer"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
loafer
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
drunken loafer
old loafer
say the loafer
young loafer
bar-room loafer
More collocations
Translations for
loafer
Russian
лоферы
Portuguese
vagabundo
vadio
Catalan
mandrós
dropo
gandul
Spanish
vago
holgazán
gandul
Loafer
through the time
Loafer
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common