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Definition of layabout noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

layabout

noun

/ˈleɪəbaʊt/

/ˈleɪəbaʊt/

(British English, old-fashioned, informal, disapproving)

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a lazy person who does not do much workTopics Personal qualitiesc2

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