Also wot you call loafer: 'e do not work wen' e wish not to. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
Reformer, for a loafer was my detestation, and behold!. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
Propped against the wall on a thin Italian loafer, he was black and hadn’t said anything except to introduce himself. From Wordnik.com. [html]
Near the hotel there was always a kind of loafer who accosted travellers, and who would not refuse. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
He was a fat-faced, greasy-looking youth, with an attempted air of hang-dog respectability, and with 'loafer' writ large on his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899] Reference
A considerable part of the dangerous 'loafer' class. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of China] Reference
"loafer," who does not work, but preys upon his fellow-members, will appear in a general form. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
"loafer" was none other than our hero, and the gentleman of such eminent respectability his faithful lieutenant. From Wordnik.com. [Monsieur Lecoq] Reference
The person addressed replied and passed on; and then the "loafer" and the gentleman would join each other and laughingly exclaim: "Good!. From Wordnik.com. [Monsieur Lecoq] Reference
For Marty Day was not the only young loafer in the town. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
'You street-walker, you loafer ... there! that's one for you!. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
"How do you know that I'm a loafer?" asked Nawin with a laugh. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Then the ratio of out-of-luck worker to loafer drops to 3. 5-to-1. From Wordnik.com. [Is Congress subsidizing slackers?] Reference
In the first place, Keats was anything but a loafer at literature. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
"Keep sweet," said the loafer in a very agreeable tone of voice when. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
"Some poor, miserable loafer, is he?" demanded Aunt Kate, with acrimony. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
"No, no, this is on me," said the loafer and handed out a couple of notes. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
His black, loafer-clad shoe pushed forcefully into the metal pedal of his SUV. From Wordnik.com. [Slipknot to Suicide] Reference
Now I suppose this thought of Mr. Neal's loafer has been shared by millions of men. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
The horse's furnishings told him that the stranger was not a low-down prairie loafer. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
The driver swore and slammed on his brakes but the loafer took his own time and chances. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
There were several others present among whom the loafer type was perhaps in the ascendant. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
Stores were all closed, no one on the streets but an occasional corner loafer, who snarled at us. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
Frank explained it all by saying that the fellow was a common loafer and hadn't a friend in town. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
"Excuse me, but say the wurrd, madam, and I'll see that you are troubled no more with that loafer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
A few early carters and an occasional loafer were gathered about it and the smell of victuals was tempting. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Dole and Gingrich brought golf clubs into the Senateradio-TV gallery, blithely calling the president a feckless loafer. From Wordnik.com. [The Usual Suspects] Reference
The loafer caught the nearside canopy stay with his right hand and slung his knee on to the projecting end of the rear wing. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
"A new loafer let loose on the world!" says the vote-cribber, entering the domain of the inebriate with a look of fierce scorn. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
"My son is not a scallywag," Mr. Mason declared, "and if you call him names like loafer and scallywag I'll make you pay damages.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country] Reference
A loafer, standing by the station gates, who had witnessed his hurried entry into the cab, lounged in front as it was passing out. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
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