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Thursby meditated an explosion, but refrained at discretion: Joan had taught him that, unlike her browbeaten mother and timid sister and her sleek, loaferish brother, she could give as good as he could send.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

Part of the buildings have been burned down, and three or four loaferish looking fellows seem to live in an old shake down there.

From Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane by Rockwood, Roy

It was almost deserted, the boys being at school—all but a few loaferish fellows, with whom Roswell did not care to associate.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by Elverson, James

I was in a more loaferish mood than usual, and thought I might as well ride to town to pass the time.

From The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by Dent, John Charles

Now and again a loaferish policeman is seen, nearly always leaning against a building or finding support from the angle of a deep-set door.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland