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Meanings of loafing in English

Portuguese
ociosidade
Catalan
ociositat

Having no employment.

ociosidade
Usage of loafing in English
1
Experts on Eisenhower said he is misunderstood as a disengaged, loafing president.
Reuters
2
The store was a loafing-place for all the ne'er-do-wells in the vicinity.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 / Little Jou...
3
The victory -and yet another day of loafing -was hers.
The preacher
4
There was none of the loafing stride characteristic of the professional roundsman.
A Woman's Impression of the Philippines
5
And I am running very short of ideas, I have been loafing.
Sunny Slopes
6
They were not merely loafing in the pure evening air, but hurrying.
The Penalty
7
Broadway was full of loafing thespians in search of next season engagements.
Sister Carrie
8
But he pictured loafing with Paul Riesling beside a lake in Maine.
Babbitt
9
He used to keep the ship loafing at sea for inscrutable reasons.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
10
About the usual number that come loafing in to spend the night.
Questionable Shapes
11
I should have gone before, as no doubt the men are loafing.
Under Sealed Orders
12
One evening towards the end of February, 'Arry was loafing about Brixton.
Demos
13
The loafing was destined to have character, perhaps to change a character.
A Man and a Woman
14
Broadway was full of loafing thespians in search of next season's engagements.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
15
I called to Hans, who was loafing about outside, and said quietly:
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain
16
When beavers are busy they are very busy, and tolerate no loafing.
Ways of Wood Folk
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Translations for loafing
Portuguese
ociosidade
Loafing through the time
Loafing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common