fainéant

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Ball, the sixth boy in Number 7, was the only fainéant among them, though he did occasionally help to keep off the smaller fry.

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

Accomplished antiquarians and “commissioners” assisted him in his labours; but he was no roi fainéant on the editorial sofa which he so complacently describes.

From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

Let me tell you, Lady Glencora, that a fainéant government is not the worst government that England can have.

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony

Then Aunt Ju took her seat, and was able for the next hour and a half to occupy her arm-chair with gratifying fainéant dignity.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

Even after Tullia was dead the Republic had come again for him, and something might be done to stir up these fainéant nobles!

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony