Associations to the word «Loafer»

Wiktionary

LOAFER, noun. An idle person.
LOAFER, noun. A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

Dictionary definition

LOAFER, noun. Person who does no work; "a lazy bum".
LOAFER, noun. A low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats