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layabout
[ ley-uh-bout ]
/ ˈleɪ əˌbaʊt /
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noun Chiefly British.
a lazy or idle person; loafer.
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Origin of layabout
1930–35; noun use of verb phrase lay about, nonstandard variant of lie about
Words nearby layabout
laxation, laxative, laxity, Laxness, lay, layabout, lay about one, lay a finger on, Layamon, lay analyst, lay an egg
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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
verb lay about
(preposition, usually intr or reflexive) old-fashioned to hit out with violent and repeated blows in all directions
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