layabout

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A lazy person.

   “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”

2. 2
   noun

   person who does no work

Etymology

From lay + about.