Associations to the word «Layabout»

Wiktionary

LAYABOUT, noun. A lazy person.

Dictionary definition

LAYABOUT, noun. Person who does no work; "a lazy bum".

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