loafer

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English

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Penny loafers

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps short for landloafer, possibly a partial translation of German Landläufer (compare dialectal German loofen (to run), and English landlouper); or more likely connected to Middle English love, loove, loffinge, looffinge (a remnant, the rest, that which remains or lingers), from Old English lāf (remainder, residue, what is left) (more at lave), which is akin to Scots lave (the rest, remainder), Old English lǣfan (to let remain, leave behind) (more at leave).

Noun

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loafer (plural loafers)

  1. An idle person.
    • 1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail:
      Along this unequal way, where loafers sat on whittled benches, lounged in doorways, leaned against porch props, Dan Gustin went pegging in his high-heeled boots like a mule in a Mexican chain hobble, holding a straight course for the hotel, past the doors of temptation.
  2. A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
    • 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:
      Someone must explain to Sunak about the time bomb ticking beneath his £1,000 loafers.
Synonyms
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Translations
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Verb

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loafer (third-person singular simple present loafers, present participle loafering, simple past and past participle loafered)

  1. (dialect, intransitive) To loaf around; to be idle.

Etymology 2

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From American Spanish lobo (wolf) (/ˈloβo/), reinterpreted as or conflated with loafer (idler); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations. Doublet of lupus and wolf.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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loafer (plural loafers)

  1. (Southwestern US dialects) A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
    • 1964, Ike Blasingame, Dakota Cowboy: My Life in the Old Days, page 72:
      The great menace to livestock, other than the continual battle with cold, [...] was the gray wolf. [...] The big loafers came in from everywhere.
    • 2010, Cynthia K. Rhodes, Lucille Mulhall: An Athlete of Her Time, →ISBN:
      Cowboys had killed “loafers” at five hundred yards away with rifles. [...] Lucille was not like most cowhands and she sets out to capture the "loafer" with her lariat.
    • 2016, Patrick Dearen, A Cowboy of the Pecos, page 128:
      By the 1890s loafers had become such a problem that some newly organized counties, as well as certain cattle outfits, paid bounties for their scalps. For a cowboy making a dollar or so a day, wolf-hunting could be lucrative.
Usage notes
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  • Often used in compound with "wolf": "loafer wolf".

Further reading

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  • Robert N. Smead, Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk: A Dictionary of Spanish Terms from the American West

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English loafer

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlou̯fer/, [ˈlo̞u̯fe̞r]

Noun

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loafer

  1. Synonym of louferi (loafer).

Declension

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Inflection of loafer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative loafer loaferit
genitive loaferin loaferien
loafereiden
loafereitten
partitive loaferia loafereita
loafereja
illative loaferiin loafereihin
singular plural
nominative loafer loaferit
accusative nom. loafer loaferit
gen. loaferin
genitive loaferin loaferien
loafereiden
loafereitten
partitive loaferia loafereita
loafereja
inessive loaferissa loafereissa
elative loaferista loafereista
illative loaferiin loafereihin
adessive loaferilla loafereilla
ablative loaferilta loafereilta
allative loaferille loafereille
essive loaferina loafereina
translative loaferiksi loafereiksi
abessive loaferitta loafereitta
instructive loaferein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of loafer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative loaferini loaferini
accusative nom. loaferini loaferini
gen. loaferini
genitive loaferini loaferieni
loafereideni
loafereitteni
partitive loaferiani loafereitani
loaferejani
inessive loaferissani loafereissani
elative loaferistani loafereistani
illative loaferiini loafereihini
adessive loaferillani loafereillani
ablative loaferiltani loafereiltani
allative loaferilleni loafereilleni
essive loaferinani loafereinani
translative loaferikseni loafereikseni
abessive loaferittani loafereittani
instructive
comitative loafereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative loaferisi loaferisi
accusative nom. loaferisi loaferisi
gen. loaferisi
genitive loaferisi loaferiesi
loafereidesi
loafereittesi
partitive loaferiasi loafereitasi
loaferejasi
inessive loaferissasi loafereissasi
elative loaferistasi loafereistasi
illative loaferiisi loafereihisi
adessive loaferillasi loafereillasi
ablative loaferiltasi loafereiltasi
allative loaferillesi loafereillesi
essive loaferinasi loafereinasi
translative loaferiksesi loafereiksesi
abessive loaferittasi loafereittasi
instructive
comitative loafereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative loaferimme loaferimme
accusative nom. loaferimme loaferimme
gen. loaferimme
genitive loaferimme loaferiemme
loafereidemme
loafereittemme
partitive loaferiamme loafereitamme
loaferejamme
inessive loaferissamme loafereissamme
elative loaferistamme loafereistamme
illative loaferiimme loafereihimme
adessive loaferillamme loafereillamme
ablative loaferiltamme loafereiltamme
allative loaferillemme loafereillemme
essive loaferinamme loafereinamme
translative loaferiksemme loafereiksemme
abessive loaferittamme loafereittamme
instructive
comitative loafereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative loaferinne loaferinne
accusative nom. loaferinne loaferinne
gen. loaferinne
genitive loaferinne loaferienne
loafereidenne
loafereittenne
partitive loaferianne loafereitanne
loaferejanne
inessive loaferissanne loafereissanne
elative loaferistanne loafereistanne
illative loaferiinne loafereihinne
adessive loaferillanne loafereillanne
ablative loaferiltanne loafereiltanne
allative loaferillenne loafereillenne
essive loaferinanne loafereinanne
translative loaferiksenne loafereiksenne
abessive loaferittanne loafereittanne
instructive
comitative loafereinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative loaferinsa loaferinsa
accusative nom. loaferinsa loaferinsa
gen. loaferinsa
genitive loaferinsa loaferiensa
loafereidensa
loafereittensa
partitive loaferiaan
loaferiansa
loafereitaan
loaferejaan
loafereitansa
loaferejansa
inessive loaferissaan
loaferissansa
loafereissaan
loafereissansa
elative loaferistaan
loaferistansa
loafereistaan
loafereistansa
illative loaferiinsa loafereihinsa
adessive loaferillaan
loaferillansa
loafereillaan
loafereillansa
ablative loaferiltaan
loaferiltansa
loafereiltaan
loafereiltansa
allative loaferilleen
loaferillensa
loafereilleen
loafereillensa
essive loaferinaan
loaferinansa
loafereinaan
loafereinansa
translative loaferikseen
loaferiksensa
loafereikseen
loafereiksensa
abessive loaferittaan
loaferittansa
loafereittaan
loafereittansa
instructive
comitative loafereineen
loafereinensa

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