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Meanings of loafing on in English

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Usage of loafing on in English
1
Let me tell you that we haven't been loafing on board here.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
2
Ho, and so the kids were loafing on the job during his absence.
Wait until spring, bandini
3
He was outside once more, loafing on, along the houses.
The Path of Life
4
Suit yourself, only don't keep me loafing on full time.
The Iron Trail
5
He did not even rebuke his chauffeur when he caught him loafing on the grass.
The Perils of Pauline
6
For two days you and these boon companions of yours have been loafing on the job.
West Wind Drift
7
He approached groups of men loafing on a street corner and then went hurriedly past them.
Poor White: A Novel
8
You've been loafing on your job, old man, and it won't do-itwon't do at all.
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
9
New commander in charge tonight, so we can't afford to look like we're loafing on the watch.
Quest for honour
10
A man loafing on the walk saw Mrs. Carder and, stopping, addressed her with some country greeting.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
11
He's loafing on you, Carley.
The Call of the Canyon
12
Drug dealers can be seen loafing on abandoned lots; every so often, rival convoys of gunmen battle on the streets.
The Guardian
13
For all of that, he still bristled when the familiar charge that WPA workers were loafing on the job was raised.
American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
14
Tells about the deliberate, painstaking loafing on the part of the men, the slackness of the foremen, conversation between the men, etc.
The new yorker
15
At the end of the walk there's a huge colony of grey and common seals, loafing on the beach as terns screech overhead.
The Guardian
16
Just look at the size of that pile of wood he's done up, when he might easy of been loafing on the job!
Somewhere in Red Gap
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