loafing

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One of the reasons a steakhouse is such a prime place to order meatloaf is simple: the meat they are loafing is usually excellent.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Walt Whitman inspired a former teacher’s fascination with loafing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Singer-songwriter popularized beach bum soft rock with “Margaritaville” and turned a celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

We struck up a conversation — about the men loafing around us, about our day jobs, whatever — and promised to meet at the bar again the following week.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2021

It was a photograph of half a dozen young men in blazers loafing in an archway through which were visible a host of spires.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald