LOAFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Loafer mean? 

• LOAFER (noun)
  The noun LOAFER has 2 senses:

1. person who does no work

2. a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel

  Familiarity information: LOAFER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOAFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Person who does no work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer

Context example:

a lazy bum

Hypernyms ("loafer" is a kind of...):

nonworker (a person who does nothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loafer"):

clock watcher (a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time)

couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))

dallier; dilly-dallier; dillydallier; lounger; mope (someone who wastes time)

dawdler; drone; laggard; lagger; poke; trailer (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)

daydreamer; woolgatherer (someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming)

goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well; no-account (an idle worthless person)

lazybones (a lazy person)

lie-abed; slugabed (a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour)

loon (a worthless lazy fellow)

shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))

slug; sluggard (an idle slothful person)

spiv (a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time)

sunbather (someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan)

trifler (one who behaves lightly or not seriously)

whittler (someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime))

Derivation:

loaf (be lazy or idle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Loafer" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

 Context examples 

You're a loafer, that's what, an' I ain't asleep.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He hurried to his chamber and was down again in a few minutes dressed as a common loafer.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As it pulled up, one of the loafing men at the corner dashed forward to open the door in the hope of earning a copper, but was elbowed away by another loafer, who had rushed up with the same intention.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I went in the shape of a loafer to Sir George’s house, managed to pick up an acquaintance with his valet, learned that his master had cut his head the night before, and, finally, at the expense of six shillings, made all sure by buying a pair of his cast-off shoes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)