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layabout(noun, industrious, idler)
6
lingerer(noun, idler)
6
loiterer(noun, idler)
6
pilotless aircraft(noun, expression, idiom)
6
poke
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slowpoke(noun, idler)
6
whir(noun, verb, call, ring, purr)
6
whiz(noun, verb, hum, sounds)
5
bombinate(verb, buzz, purr, whine, hum)
5
bum(noun, industrious, idler)
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bumble(noun, verb, purr, whine, hum)
4
dawdle(verb, inactivity)
4
goldbrick(noun, inactivity, idler)
4
trailer
4
boom
4
burr(noun, verb, sounds)
4
buzzing(noun, low, buzz)
4
do-nothing(noun, informal, industrious)
4
drone pipe(noun, expression, idiom)
4
mumble(noun, low, utter, buzz, babble)
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