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loafer

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈləʊfə/Part of speech nounSorted aeflorStarts with LEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. person who does no work

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”), reinterpreted as or conflated with loafer (“idler”); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations. Doublet of lupus and wolf.

Used in a sentence

  • Someone must explain to Sunak about the time bomb ticking beneath his £1,000 loafers.
  • The great menace to livestock, other than the continual battle with cold, [...] was the gray wolf. [...] The big loafers came in from everywhere.
  • Cowboys had killed “loafers” at five hundred yards away with rifles. [...] Lucille was not like most cowhands and she sets out to capture the "loafer" with her lariat.

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