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Noun: layabout  'ley-u,bawt
Usage: informal
  1. Person who does no work
    "a lazy layabout";
    - idler, loafer, do-nothing [informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], slacker [informal], shirker [informal], deadbeat [informal]

Derived forms: layabouts

Type of: nonworker