LAYABOUT
NOUNS – PERSON
► BEAT a loafer, a layabout, a sponger → M19 sl.
► CABBAGER a layabout; a lazy, idle person → M19 Aust. sl.
► CABBAGITES a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a ‘cabbage-tree hat’ (a hat made from the dried leaves of the cabbage-palm; they were esteemed as a protection from the sun, and allowed free ventilation) → c1850 Aust. sl.
► LAG a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910s sl.
► LAG-A-BAG a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy, idle person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG-LOST a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910s sl.
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