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English

Noun

layabout (plural layabouts)

  • (slang, informal) A lazy person.
    • ✤ “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”1

Etymology

From lay +‎ about.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN: ↩

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