Loiterer

  • 91loiter — verb stand around or move without apparent purpose. Phrases loiter with intent English Law, dated stand around with the intention of committing an offence. Derivatives loiterer noun Origin ME: perh. from MDu. loteren wag about …

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  • 92laggard — n. Loiterer, lingerer, idler, laggard, saunterer …

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  • 93lagger — n. Loiterer, laggard …

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  • 94lounger — n. Idler, loiterer, trifler …

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  • 95saunterer — n. 1. Loiterer, lounger, stroller. 2. Lagger, laggard, dawdler …

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  • 96truant — I. a. Wandering from business, loitering, idling, shirking. II. n. Idler, loiterer, shirk, laggard, lounger, run away …

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  • 97loiter — verb (I) 1 to stand or wait somewhere, especially in a public place, without any clear reason: Watch out for any strangers loitering in residential streets. 2 to move or travel slowly, or to keep stopping when you should keep moving: Don t loiter …

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  • 98laggard — noun there ll be no laggards on my watch, Mr. Tyler Syn: straggler, loiterer, lingerer, dawdler, sluggard, snail, idler, loafer; informal lazybones, slacker, slowpoke, foot dragger …

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  • 99dawdler — n laggard, lingerer, loiterer; lie abed, slugabed, layabout, dreamer, lotus eater, drone, lounger; snail, slowpoke, tortoise, afternoon farmer, lazybones; loafer, faineant, do nothing, sluggard, sloth, idler, trifler; shirker, Sl. goof off,… …

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  • 100do-nothing — n 1. idler, faineant, loafer, drone, Inf. bum, sluggard, slugabed, lazybones; laggard, loiterer, lounger, lingerer, trifler, dawdler, dallier; day dreamer, lotus eater; shirker, goldbrick, Sl. goof off; good for nothing, ne er do well, Fr.… …

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