loiter-sack en · NOUN
Etymology
From loiter + sack.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A lazy person.
I maruell I heare no nevves of Dromio, either hee ſlackes the matter, or betrayes his maiſter, I dare not motion anie thing to Stellio, till I knovve vvhat my boy hath don; Ile hunt him out, if the loiterſacke be gone ſpringing into a tauerne, Ile fetch him reeling out.
c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, signature C3, verso:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| loitersacke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| loiter-sacke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| loitersack | alternative | lexicographic | |
| loiter-sacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
tarrier · layabout · sofa spud · shirker · dawdler · lallygag · wastrel · faineant · lounge lizard · slugabed · idler · ne'er-do-well · lazy ass · sluggabed · lie-abed · lazybones · dosser · goof-off · waster · bum · slug · loafer · get-nothing · slacker · slob · slugabug · goldbricker · flaneur · couch potato · lidderon · slug-a-bed · ragabash · deadbeat · good-for-nothing · poop · lollygagger · wasteman · sluggard · lounger · loiter-sack · skiver · laggard · truant · footler · idleton · do-naught · morepork · slow belly · lazy louse · dogfucker · do-nothing