idler

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 ● Jan. 25, 2023

Oh, that would be the uncle who willed his farm and estate to Onegin, a charming idler.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

What’s missing is a palpable grit, particularly in Whitted’s performance, that would help us to a belief in Hal’s head-spinning pivot from idler and carouser to beloved hero of the realm.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2019

In the sweetly melancholy “Yoyo,” often considered his masterpiece, Mr. Étaix played the dual roles of a wealthy idler and his son, who grows up to become the celebrated clown Yoyo.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2016

These great world activities touch the daily life of every member of society, whether child or adult, worker or idler.

From How We are Fed A Geographical Reader by James Franklin Chamberlain

In a rare access of annoyance, he writes that journalists have made a habit of coming to Grouse County “trolling for right-wing idlers in coffee shops and country bars.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

During a BBC leadership debate, she was challenged about a comment in Britannia Unchained, describing British workers as "among the worst idlers in the world".

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022

This is something I have thought about more and more in recent years, and it is why I have always preferred doers to idlers, whiners and excuse-makers.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022

Contrary to predictions by slavery’s defenders, the liberated slaves did not become idlers, but divided their time between continued plantation work and cultivating individual plots the army assigned them.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Men hurrying by stopped to stare inquisitively before moving on, idlers stood or sat around lazily indulging their curiosity.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya