| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Slang. A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum1, drone1, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal : do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug2. See INDUSTRIOUS. | | VERB: | 1. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly: droop, flop, loll, lop2, sag, wilt. See HANG. 2. To take on or move with an awkward, slovenly posture: loll, slump. See MOVE, POSTURE.
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