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ne'er-do-well(noun, person, lazy, industrious, bum)
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slug(noun, informal, inactivity, industrious)
7
tramp(noun, person, desperate, traveler, idler)
6
beachcomber(noun, person, lazy, slouch, idler)
6
derelict(noun, beat, cheat, bomb, disappointment)
6
goldbrick(noun, inactivity, idler)
6
hobo(noun, traveler, idler)
6
lingerer(noun, idler, laggard)
6
skiver(noun, idler, dodger, slacker)
6
vagabond(noun, traveler, bad man)
5
gold brick(noun, idler, dodger, slacker, skiver)
5
lazy person(noun, expression, idiom, idler, dodger)
5
moocher(noun, beat, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe)
5
piker(noun, idler, dodger, slacker, skiver)
5
vagrant(noun, traveler, idler)
5
wanderer(noun, person, lazy, traveler, idler)
5
work shy person
4
dallier
4
dawdle(verb, inactivity)
4
dodger(noun, idler, slacker, skiver)
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