It's very hard on Mary and the wife, but I'm a rotten loafer, and that's the end of it.
"The Wooden Horse"
Hugh Walpole
Do you think it was wise to neglect the whole of Pendragon for the society of the Bethels-people of whom one is an idler and loafer and the other a lunatic?
"The Wooden Horse"
Hugh Walpole
"After a Singhalese has once embarked in gem digging," he said, "he is good for nothing else; henceforth he becomes a genuine loafer, ignoring all legitimate occupation, while contracting most undesirable habits and associations.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou