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One of the reasons a steakhouse is such a prime place to order meatloaf is simple: the meat they are loafing is usually excellent.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

"If you think you are loafing too much, lie down until the feeling passes."

From Time Magazine Archive

I figure if you haven't made an important decision in the last minute, you are loafing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why, just see, here you are loafing early in the morning!

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor

Notwithstanding, a large number of the aquatic gentleman to whom I shall have the pleasure of listening, by and by, are loafing against the railings opposite, as only fishermen can loaf.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry