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Definition of Loafers
1. loafer [n] - See also: loafer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loafers
Literary usage of Loafers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"If the loafers determined the character of a country, it would be still more ...
STATION loafers. By and by, we entered the tobacco-chewing region. ..."
2. Uncle Walt: Walt Mason the Poet Philosopher by Walt Mason (1910)
"The station agent's life is sad; the loafers made it grim and gray; ... These loafers
always are the same; they toil not, neither do they spin; ..."
3. Walt Mason, His Book by Walt Mason (1916)
"The Depot loafers THE RAILWAY station in our town is seedy, commonplace and plain;
yet scores of people rustle down and gather there to meet each train. ..."
4. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"Mental corner loafers. graduates, and a dearth of well-trained men for whom there is
... As we go through cities we see crowds of corner loafers, young men ..."
5. Notes of a Tour in Mexico and California by James Hale Bates (1887)
"Zacatecas and its quaint beauty—The Mint—Soldiers and beggars—loafers' paradise—The
village of Guadalupe—Church of Our Lady of Guada- lupe—An Orphan ..."
6. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... the Prairies — The Organization — Amateur Travellers and loafers — Duties of
the Watch — Costumes and Equipment of the Party — Timbers for the Journey. ..."
7. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... the Prairies — The Organization — Amateur Travellers and loafers — Duties of
the Watch — Costumes and Equipment of the Party — Timbers for the Journey. ..."
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