Loiter-sack

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lazy person. obsolete

    "I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out."

Synonyms

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bumcouch potatodawdlerdeadbeatdo-naughtdo-nothing

Antonyms

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doer

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"I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out."

Etymology

From loiter + sack.

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