Layabout

//ˈleɪəˌbaʊt//

"Layabout" in a Sentence (2 examples)

My father was a good-for-nothing layabout who sat about on his posterior all day and ate potato chips.

“That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”

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