loafer
1 Americannoun
noun
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a person who avoids work; idler
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a moccasin-like shoe for casual wear
Other Word Forms
- loaferish adjective
Etymology
Origin of loafer
1820–30, perhaps short for *landloafer vagabond; compare German (obsolete) Landläufer, Dutch landloper; landloper
Example Sentences
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If a bronze Keith Jackson was going to be standing outside the Rose Bowl, he was going to look like Keith Jackson, right down to the penny loafers.
From Los Angeles Times
He wore a lightweight black raincoat and loafers, a dark business suit, a crisp white shirt, a narrow black tie and a pearl stick-pin.
From Los Angeles Times
Delightfully, when Moss-Bachrach’s brawny rock monster strolls to the deli to buy black-and-white cookies, he’s wearing a gargantuan pair of penny loafers.
From Los Angeles Times
Art is nowhere near as permanent as, say, the penny loafers Paul helps make at the factory.
From Los Angeles Times
A penny loafer with subtle studs and detachable tassels?
From Los Angeles Times
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