idler

Example Sentences

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There is an almost continuous succession of scenes in which Nicholson sketches this idler, lover, jokester, manipulator, con man, gambler, loner.

From Los Angeles Times

Among other things, the authors described Britons as “among the worst idlers in the world.”

From New York Times

In 2012 he contributed to a more overtly political tract called “Britannia Unchained” — a paean of praise to free markets that described the British as “among the worst idlers in the world.”

From New York Times

A decade ago they were co-authors of the political treatise “Britannia Unchained,” which notoriously included the claim that British workers are “among the worst idlers in the world.”

From Seattle Times

In the 2012 text, they claimed: "Once they enter the workplace, the British are among the worst idlers in the world."

From BBC