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loady, loaf, loaf bread, loaf pan, loaf sugar, loafer, loaiasis, loam, loan, loan collection, loan council
Origin of loafer
1820–30, Americanism; perhaps short for *landloafer vagabond; compare German (obsolete) Landläufer, Dutch landloper; see landloper
Related formsloaf·er·ish, adjective
Definition for loafer (2 of 2)
Loafer
[ loh-fer ]
/ ˈloʊ fər /
Trademark.
a brand name for a moccasinlike slip-on shoe.
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loafer
/ (ˈləʊfə) /
noun
a person who avoids work; idler
a moccasin-like shoe for casual wear
Word Origin for loafer
C19: perhaps from German Landläufer vagabond
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Word Origin and History for loafer
loafer
"idler, person who loafs," 1830, of uncertain origin (see loaf (v.)). As a type of shoe, 1937. Related: Loafers.
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