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While Cam was speaking I noticed that Jean Pahusca who had been loafing about at the far side of the crowd, was standing behind Father Le Claire.

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill

A fellow had been loafing around Jenkintown for three or four weeks.

From The Expressman and the Detective by Pinkerton, Allan

For two days he had been loafing about the town in quest of the money and had at last made the sum up that very morning.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile

He had been loafing about Bananaland on vacation just before we started, and of course he got wind and wished himself along.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

The mate, who had been loafing in the cabin and shirking his duty, also did some tall yelping when he saw our danger.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous