layabout
[ ley-uh-bout ]
nounChiefly British.
a lazy or idle person; loafer.
Origin of layabout
11930–35; noun use of verb phrase lay about, nonstandard variant of lie about
Words Nearby layabout
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How to use layabout in a sentence
They’re just rich layabouts concocting the perfect crime, something everybody does.
British Dictionary definitions for layabout
layabout
/ (ˈleɪəˌbaʊt) /
noun
a lazy person; loafer
verblay about
(preposition, usually intr or reflexive) old-fashioned to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions
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