fainéant

Example Sentences

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Another example is Arthur, in some romances "the blameless king," in others un roi fainéant.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

Bull, the sixth boy in No. 7, was the only fainéant among them, though he did occasionally help to keep off the smaller fry.

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

How many years has he been a roi fainéant?

From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by De Mille, James

It is only for the loafer that he has no pity; when he has called a fellow-creature fainéant, he has used the strongest invective in his vocabulary.

From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max

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