as in slug
a lazy person
an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything
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Recent Examples of loafer
Her accessories, like a dad cap or leather loafers, also give it a more casual slant.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Like boat shoes, loafers are also having a big fashion moment.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Keep scrolling to shop more cropped jackets, breezy skirts, tote bags, and slingback loafers inspired by Naomi Watts now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Keep things relatively fitted and simple up top, like with a T-shirt or a lightweight cardigan; ground your look with chunky loafers, which are some of the best shoes to wear with wide-leg pants.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Like boat shoes, loafers are also having a big fashion moment.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Keep scrolling to shop more cropped jackets, breezy skirts, tote bags, and slingback loafers inspired by Naomi Watts now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Keep things relatively fitted and simple up top, like with a T-shirt or a lightweight cardigan; ground your look with chunky loafers, which are some of the best shoes to wear with wide-leg pants.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loafer
Noun
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Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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The slugs are attracted to the yeasty odor and drown.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ukrainian special forces and the intelligence directorate in Kyiv were watching with at least one surveillance drone.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Vandenberg security forces used detection systems at the base to track the drone to a park close to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, where law enforcement found Zhou attempting to hide the drone in his jacket, a court affidavit states.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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Her motifs—flags, dominoes, seashells, snails, moons, eggs, owls—only heighten the otherworldliness.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Related species are already being studied for pain treatments, so these venomous snails could also hold some medical potential.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Jan. 2023
Noun
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But his angle is even tighter than those in the previous chances above, and Djed Spence is also no slouch in closing him down… … blocking the shot before Hojlund can test Vicario.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Following a parade of models who walked in an array of floral prints, slouch pants and tulle micro-skirts, Musk's mother Maye closed out the show.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
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Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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In Yancheng, in eastern China, the police have checked karaoke bars, rental housing and hotels for potential layabouts.—
Vivian Wang,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Loafer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loafer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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