| 单词 | loafing |
| 例句 | They were living, loafing proof that the White House was a home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Within the hall the suitors, idly loafing after their meal, were in a mood to make fun of the miserable old beggar who entered, and Odysseus listened to all their mocking words with submissive patience. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a photograph of half a dozen young men in blazers loafing in an archway through which were visible a host of spires. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There were only a few people loafing around the courthouse wall, so the boy sat for a spell. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood loafing on the corner, telling jokes and laughing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Been home all afternoon, just loafing and goofing, not a care in the world. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days’ rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice they deserved an interval of loafing. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Traveling while loafing, like Whitman had, as she prepared for the real thing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Now he was closeted there either loafing or thinking because I didn’t hear his typewriter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A dozen boys were loafing there on the grass after dinner, and a kitchen rattle from the wing of one of the buildings accompanied their talk. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Pages later—hearing and exposed—Whitman starts to write about all the travel he can do by imagining, and lists all the places he can visit while loafing on the grass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I like just listening, just loafing on the grass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Despite the persistence of loafing, the recession is casting its shadow over some of the city’s early release programs. Noticed: Don?t Be So Fast to Start the Weekend 2010-07-30T19:43:00Z The phrase is hateful, conjuring up a self-indulgent fragility, along with hippy smells and meditative loafing. The truth about time management: how I went from chaos to punctual calm in one week 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But after a year and a half of loafing around the Roku home menu, my brain is eager for cultural engagement that requires the participation of my body. Fall Preview: The Thrill is Back. So Is the Anxiety. 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The kind of televisual treats previously only glimpsed by daytime TV viewers loafing around at home. Keep daytime TV in the daytime, please 2010-04-22T11:06:00Z I met him and his friends at a bar and we ended up loafing around until late. Asymmetric love, part two: I'm flying to see him, and he knows it 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The Goodman has no festival planned this summer, but it’s not exactly loafing; two world premieres are scheduled. Summer Stages 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z I don’t mean the loafing tan meerkat from “The Lion King,” though he might do. It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Oldman: Despite his appearance, and that we think he’s loafing off, sitting there with his feet on the desk, he was incredibly good at his job at one time. A flatulent MI5 agent walks into a bar ... and it's Gary Oldman in 'Slow Horses' 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z When completed later this year, the project will consist of a network of ponds with nesting and “loafing” islands for birds, fed by pumps and a diversion dam. The Salton Sea, an Accident of History, Faces a New Water Crisis 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Nighy came to appreciate this stretch of relaxation — “I’m good at loafing,” he boasts — and began to look at it as an experiment in retirement. Death? Bill Nighy will worry about that later 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Consultative meetings should be small, said Dr. Neeley — no more than six people, to reduce the risk of “social loafing,” in which people attend but do not participate in the meeting. Meetings. Why? 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z 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. TY, Love You, See You Soon 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Dubois probably hastened the trade by loafing in the first period of Thursday’s loss to Tampa Bay. Blue Jackets deal unhappy Dubois to Jets for Laine, Roslovic 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z That’s when I taught myself to be unafraid of yeast and to revel in the silky texture of a properly kneaded dough: proof there was something to be said for loafing around. A loaf of anadama bread will get you through the drear 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z There is a seven-stall stable with tack room, a large equipment barn and two loafing barns. A landmark house, a world-class garden 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “There ain’t no point loafing with a broke, because nothing falls off,” Low said. Perspective | When Father’s Day and the U.S. Open mean a little more 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The motivational challenges as team size increases are myriad: relational loss, loss of social cohesion, and social loafing, among others. If You Want Creative Solutions, Keep Your Team Small 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z “But listen clearly: I am not going to change the measure, the subsidy is finished, no more loafing.” Ecuador arrests 370 people in two days of anti-austerity protests 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z While we were sitting watching the cave before sunset, we spotted a Western coachwhip snake, fat and scaly, loafing just above the entrance. The Changing Climate Inside the World’s Largest Bat Colony 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z So, members weren’t loafing somewhere, ignoring the needs of the 9/11 heroes. Competing narratives for what Congress does and deserves 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z He was benched for a game last month after loafing on the bases in two earlier games, and he is currently on the injured list with a quad strain. Surprises, setbacks and successes: A progress report on Jerry Dipoto and the Mariners’ offseason trades 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Cano, who had been accused of loafing around the bases in the days leading up to Sunday’s game, was hearing it from fans on Twitter about his effort. New York Mets' Robinson Cano accused of lacking hustle in latest game 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Late-90s loafing culture – go to work if you must, but try not to show everyone else up – eventually gave way to a fulfilment creed. Red Bull wants us to leave work at 4pm. I couldn’t agree more 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Other needs include a new water well, water lines and fencing, updates to electrical systems in the barns and loafing sheds for pastures. Horse sanctuary in South Texas needs hay, other help 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Cano played with a nonchalance that often was mistaken for loafing. Robinson Cano’s legacy with Mariners? He did his part 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z That was, essentially, Machado’s response to loafing to first base — in a playoff game. Perspective | Manny Machado is drawing a lot of notice in the NLCS. It might not be the kind he wants. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The militants paved roads and repaired sewer lines, ordered loafing civil servants to put in a full day’s work and paid salaries on time — rare things even before the war. Mukalla is an oasis of stability in war-torn Yemen. So why do some residents miss Al Qaeda? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z We associate loafing with people wasting their lives; with harried parents shaking their sleeping teenage children out of bed; with do-nothings, doing nothing. Survival of the slackest: now that’s what I call an evolved theory | Larry Ryan 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z With any luck, he’ll take a cue from Whitman, loafing and inviting his soul. The Case for the Do-Nothing Summer 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z As he signed the regulation-cutting measure late last week, the president said lawmakers are bucking the tradition of legislative loafing in a midterm election year. Trump agenda: Congress passes Dodd-Frank, Veterans Affairs reforms in legislative flurry 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z It is easy to overlook the differences among individual gulls loafing on a pier. The Biggest Bully on the Beach 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Drug dealers can be seen loafing on abandoned lots; every so often, rival convoys of gunmen battle on the streets. Mexico maelstrom: how the drug violence got so bad 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The second-year coach said he didn’t see his players loafing or giving up on plays, signs he says would show a team that quit. McAdoo insists Giants didn’t quit in loss to Rams 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The large loafing shed adjoins three-fourths of the south side of the barn and features a wooden walkway and full-length feed trough. Barns major part of the Yakima Valley landscape 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z She promises you’ll see her hanging out with friends in Los Angeles, making goofy faces at the camera, or just loafing around watching anime. The women who sell nudes on Patreon 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z And near the entrance, a loafing 1948 Dodge Panel Truck from the film “Hail, Caesar!” sits on improbably small white-wall tires. L.A. businesses brace for writers' strike. One car lot is auctioning a third of its showbiz vehicles 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z “I loved being out there, loafing with the players and working with the team,” he wrote. Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, an N.F.L. Force and Link to Football’s Past, Dies at 84 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Now, believe it or not, all three seniors say they are basically loafing — at least compared with the last three years. Fordham Basketball Coach Recruits With an Academic Fast Track 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Resting on a stone foundation, the barn features an attached loafing shed. Barns major part of the Yakima Valley landscape 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z The only person who suffers financially if you indulge in “loafing” – a workplace vice that Taylor saw as theft – is you. Why time management is ruining our lives | Oliver Burkeman 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It describes how she would feed him "tea and oranges" while loafing around in Montreal. Six of the best Leonard Cohen covers - BBC News 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Baby boomers are said to place work at the center of their lives, to avoid loafing and to be ethical in their dealings with others. Which Generation Has Better Work Ethic? 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z He did not see much loafing or inattention during spring or summer workouts, only a group that better understood what it takes to get another chance at the game’s biggest prize. Swinney says Clemson goals the same each year: Win them all 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Like many other posts on Mr. Tow’s website, the idea came to him while he was loafing about at home. In Argentina, a Quiet Data Cruncher Aims to Bring Sense to a Raucous Election 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z But loafing around is actually a key part of the team’s offensive strategy. The Best Offense in College Football Is Also the Laziest 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Linebacker David Harris said film of the defense against Oakland was “disgusting,” while defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson said the team was flat and players were loafing. Jaguars treating matchup vs. Jets like ‘a championship game’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Linebacker David Harris said the film of the 34-20 loss was “disgusting,” while defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson said the defense was “flat” and claimed “guys were loafing.” Bowles says Jets had some ‘loafs’ on defense 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Pepper and Padmé, the Skinners’ impossibly cute English bulldogs, who can usually be found loafing around the boutique. Fredericksburg guide: Someplace old, something new 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Flash Point: Martin yanked Jackson for loafing on a fly ball. When Teammates Fight: An Ugly History 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z What followed was a memory-making long weekend of what I like to call optimized family loafing. Disney? Meh. Eau Resort And Spa Is The Connoisseur's Florida Getaway For Families 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z “Bad Hurt” reminds me very much of “A Brief Vacation,” Vittorio De Sica’s lovely last film in which a woman bound to a selfish, loafing spouse, preyed on by in-laws and children, contracts TB. Karen Allen’s brilliant comeback: A “Raiders of the Lost Ark” star forsakes Hollywood for a brilliant, blue-collar film 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Maybe he really was establishing trust with teenagers when he played basketball in his uniform, but in the monthly statistics, that added up to a lot of loafing around. For tiny Orting, Wash., a foundational shift 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z The smell of freshly popped corn is a pleasant reminder that you're just one click away from loafing for a bit on YouTube. It's fun to be a billionaire -- just ask a billionaire 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z He said he had not seen players loafing against the Packers. After One Bashing, Bears Are Battered by News Media, Too 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z But he didn’t spend that extra time loafing. The Raging Bulls on Wall Street, Charity Division 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Other American cities are not loafing around on cameras. St. Louis, Ferguson, Missouri Police Must Be Held Accountable for Killings 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The short answer is that, in a culture that values productivity and goal-directed behavior, daydreaming is looked at, at best, as a momentary distraction--and at worst, irresponsible loafing. Is It Good or Bad to Zone Out, Space Out, or Daydream? 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Now, I’m not advocating loafing by any means, but rather more opportunity for informal dialogue. 5 Ways To Boost Your Leadership Impact From Afar 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z And even better when he was loafing around with the Choom Gang smoking weed and snorting coke. HURT: A foreign policy conducted in a drug-addled haze 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Pelicans need shallow water to catch fish, so their loafing areas aren’t easy to approach in a boat. Biologists with tagged trout pitch to pelicans 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z This finding was consistent with many previous studies of “social loafing,” “free riding” and “diffusion of responsibility.” Gray Matter: The Science of ‘Paying It Forward’ 2014-03-14T19:32:50Z “IT’S always my turn,” Maci, a tired young mother, complains to her loafing boyfriend when their baby needs a nappy-change, during an episode of “16 and Pregnant”, a reality TV show about teenagers with tots. Reality television: Tuned in, turned off 2014-01-16T16:00:02Z Two years ago, the nonprofit Explore.org began operating 50 live cameras trained on animal congregations around the world — from playful pandas in Wu Gang, China, to puffins loafing on a ledge in Seal Island, Maine. You can now ‘friend’ an animal on Facebook and help science while you’re at it 2013-12-23T13:50:00Z And, of course, sports fans are often loafing in front of televised football games. Retailers cooking up earlier sales on Thanksgiving 2013-11-10T06:00:00Z Kennedy and Meyer, fisheries research biologists from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s Nampa research office, drove their boat June 12 to two pelican loafing areas on C.J. Biologists with tagged trout pitch to pelicans 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z On weekends in late August, the president of the United States ought to be playing golf or loafing at Camp David, not making headlines. Send in the clowns! 2013-09-09T11:40:00Z This is good — who wants to be loafing around? — but it also ran counter to how I imagined disability insurance working. Wealth Matters: Determining if Disability Insurance Is Necessary 2012-10-19T23:27:33Z Without the regimentation and moral guidance offered at camp, the boys were likely to spend their summers idly, “loafing in the city streets, or as disastrously at summer hotels or amusement places.” The Ivy League of Adolescent Summer Camps 2012-07-16T18:21:36Z It's time for people to wake up and stop loafing about. Villeneuve criticizes Quebec's student protesters 2012-06-08T14:22:09Z Fish researchers in other states count PIT tags at pelican nesting and loafing sites to form minimum estimates of predation. Biologists with tagged trout pitch to pelicans 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z And how many are the delightful ways of loafing! Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z A few days hence you see him loafing about with no apparent means of livelihood, and he is fast reverting to the original potatoes-fed type that he was when he left his country home. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Many of these boys who are seen loafing about the home town during practically the entire summer vacation period are given an outing in order that they may thus be furnished “recreation”—from indolence. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z What is she doing here so long—a poor girl, seeming to be loafing out the summer? The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z "However, you get a particular satisfaction from loafing after you have had a good day." Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Sometimes for days together he would seem dormant—practical people would have said loafing—lazily absorbing impressions as it had been through his pores. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z They are no longer seen hanging about the streets, loafing at the corners, or shouting noisily in the gutters. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z The crowd before the polling booth shrank to a knot of loafing lads and a stray dog. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Hurry, the soldiers are coming, and they have their stings all ready for loafing bees as well as for wasps and black bees that come to rob us. Nuova or The New Bee 2012-03-26T02:00:41.423Z "I'd have expected to find him loafing about a second-class wine shop." Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Under that program, players regularly made cash “donations” to a pool, and were “fined” for mental errors, loafing, penalties, and the like. The Fifth Down: N.F.L.'s Full Report on Discipline for Saints 2012-03-22T09:06:00Z But Fuzzy did seem to be loafing there in the entry. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z "I don't believe in healthy young men loafing about, and I tell my boys they'll have to work for their living just as if I were a poor woman." Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z He began recording after his bosses accused him of loafing because he was not meeting their goals for arrests and summonses. About New York: Whistleblower Police Officer Had Backup: Secret Recordings 2012-03-14T03:40:19Z The forest daunted him, there was something about it that one felt in a nightmare, but he was tired of loafing, and pushed on. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z His days of "literary loafing" allowed him to enjoy the pleasures of friendship which during his periods of work were necessarily, to some extent, intermitted. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z Lakers center Andrew Bynum even admitted that he was “kind of loafing around, having a good time and they caught up.” Wizards? Nick Young saves his best for the Lakers - again 2012-03-08T06:17:12Z I'm loafing about, and I very much doubt If my excellent Ma is aware that I'm out; My time I employ in attempts to annoy, And I'm not what you'd call an agreeable boy! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z The shed he also recalled as a loafing place for juvenile road hands around the noon and evening hours. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z Returning to my ship along the dark wharf, I came upon figures loafing in the shadow of bales or barrels, and, passing them, clutched my loaded stick more tightly. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z I see him loafing on the street like old Doc Jones. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Sometimes the foreman, when you got back after cutting a turn, would say, "I don't believe you want this job; you like loafing better; I'll give it to Jimmy." Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z But I can get solid enjoyment out of loafing, too. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The boys are loafing Without game or caper; And the dark piper Is gone home with the birds. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z At odd times he has done "a deal of newspaper drudgery" and other work, but his "forte always was loafing and writing poetry,—at least until the war." Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors 2012-02-18T03:00:15.287Z A physician changed his office to get a south front, as he felt he must have sunshine, and he dared not do like Dr. Jones, get it loafing on the streets. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z Tablets lend themselves to relaxed usage while loafing about on a sofa. The top 50 Android tablet apps 2012-02-06T16:46:00Z Swarthy boys, wearied with much loafing, would thriftily lay aside their cigarettes to favor us with conversation, asking many questions about America, for whose recent action they gallantly declined to hold us responsible. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z As he went out, his wife called after him— "You try to get a reg'lar job, Bob, and don't go loafing about." The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z I'm dog tired of loafing in this coop. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z “Find this better than loafing about the dunes, eh?” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z George resumed his disgraceful habits of loafing in fine weather, and keeping the house clear of flies when it rained. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z "Why yes, if you have time in your loafing." Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The tourist steamers devote three weeks to a loafing voyage up to Assouan and back, with daily excursions to the graveyards and ruins. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z My brother—you haven't met him; he's loafing through college—he knows more about sport than he does about books. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Yes, he’s a mere vagrant now, loafing about the Sugarloaf Sand-Dunes and the woods; and likely to get into trouble again through petty thefts, so people say. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z I had a little love scrape while loafing in Las Cruces. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z He's too fond of loafing down in the pool room with his crowd; or being off on some lark, robbing some orchard of late apples. The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts: Under Canvas or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost 2011-12-15T03:00:13.703Z “I suppose loafing around was what I needed,” she said, steering clear of a discussion on the scenery. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z The leisurely, not to say loafing, tutor of eighteenth-century tradition has been reformed out of existence. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z “Only loafing in the garden,” Lawless answered as he sat down. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Even in the playground the principal occupation was loafing, with a little occasional bullying thrown in. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z When he dined out, which often happened, his host would chaff him on his attempts to make scholars of those loafing rascals of labourers. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z He is the most unsociable brute I ever came across—always loafing away by himself. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z She knew he had stopped loafing and started on a fresh line, and his having done so because she urged it was a useful argument. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Instead of loafing round the streets and getting into mischief, they are taught to be tidy, industrious, and honest, and then sent away into the wholesome country to support themselves. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z While loafing in their camp, we passed off the time playing cards and shooting at marks. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z When I think of what you have been doing, all this hot summer, while I have been loafing around and amusing myself——! A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Tommy Moran has struck a vein with sixty thousand dollars in it, and has been loafing around for the last two months, doing nothing. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z Laura saw that when he, some time since, apologized for his loafing, her remarks had carried weight. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z And certainly this latter is a better way for the youngster to spend his holiday than loafing about a Hill Station. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Charlie Wall did his loafing while recovering from his bullet wounds, in the room where the “Kid” was kept. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z Lying hogging there, lolling and loafing in bed, as if he had all day to finish nothing in! Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z It enables the steerer to keep his eyes on his stern-post, and to guide his course thereby in confidence, without repeated twists round to see if any loafing duffer is going to smash his timbers. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Dillon owned that he himself was loafing, but he had not loafed long and would soon return to his proper occupation. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Even the hulking squaws and old men loafing about the Agency store-houses were silent, and patiently waiting for the coming of the clerk with his keys of office. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z Two or three men loafing there had flushed faces. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z "Pity you can't do something to help," she retorted, "instead of loafing about with that pack of lazy scamps." Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z This applied even to his games, about which Herbert was really keen; he played lawn tennis carelessly, though with a verve and energy somewhat surprising in the loafing, smoking idler of the morning. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Well," he said in a thoughtful voice, "I was getting slack and loafing along the easy way, until you pulled me up. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z I hope your ideas of loafing will fit in with my evening’s arrangement I have asked the Arnotts and three others in to make a couple of tables for bridge. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z The head-groom, smoking a cigarette through an imitation amber-holder, and giving himself up thoroughly to the pleasure of loafing in the sunlight, agreed with him. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z I began my campaign by loafing about idly every morning just after breakfast, meeting them in the bypaths, and dropping a word here and there just to shew that I too was bored to madness. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z “I suppose it pains him to see you loafing,” said Laurie. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z You forced me to ponder and I began to see loafing was dangerous. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z "I never expect to have any time for loafing, and you can't teach an old dog new tricks." The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Hunting, prospecting for gold and copper, and loafing. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z The men had something better to do now than loafing to town in off hours, or getting drunk in their huts out of sheer boredom with life. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Of all things idleness and loafing are the worst; even games, such as billiards and cards, if indulged in to the exclusion of useful employment, will degenerate a patient. How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses 2011-08-22T02:00:55.510Z The man tried the heroic remedy of loafing about his quarters, golfless, for a couple of days, reading novels and pretending to play bowls against himself. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z The professor followed out his programme religiously, talking when he felt like it, always a pleasant and cheerful flow of irresponsible talk, and loafing conscientiously for half an hour. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z I’m tired of loafing around here doing nothing but hunt for idiots,” said Nelson. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Go you north, south, east, or west in his mortgaged land, and in proportion to the distance you travel, so does this truth broaden upon you—the truth of his loafing propensities. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Crossing Sandys Row a loafing lad shouldered against the shop-boy, and Dicky was grateful, for he made it a gain of several yards. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z A crowd of the lazy, ragged population were loafing about the landing, watching the strangers as they came on shore at the wet and slippery stone steps. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Gamekeeping is an occupation peculiarly favourable to loafing if a man is inclined that way. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z They cut across the vision of the loafing whale; and the beast turned upon this new attacker with undiminished vigor. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Ruth Fielding had an unwavering trust in a Higher Power that guides and guards; but she was no supine believer in what one preacher of a robust doctrine has termed “leaving and loafing.” Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z It is well to be free and independent and your own master, but that is no reason why all the Sunday morning should be spent in loafing about the streets. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z Over the past five years, the office of City Hall’s inspector general fielded about 200 complaints alleging that city truck drivers were loafing or sleeping at job sites. | The Bottom Line: Rahm Emanuel and Unions Square Off Over Work Rules 2011-07-10T09:30:37Z Where were they last night—the loafing, drunken cowards? The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z There could be no loafing on that job. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z He's fat and lazy enough after his loafing in the hospital to do a little work again.' Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Men unshaven and unwashed are standing loafing about, though in reality this is the hour when, all over London, honest men are too glad to be at work earning their daily bread. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z He grew morbid, and fell into treacherous dreaming, and wondered jealously about the other boys, and what they were doing with themselves these summer evenings, while he was loafing on crutches under the hospital trees. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z No one has any right loafing here without permission from the Baas up yonder. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Sure," he said, "my loafing days are over. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Few villagers were abroad, but Alfred Yellam bagged a brace of orders and exchanged banter with half-a-dozen young men loafing near the main bridge across the Avon. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z I hung about Pretoria for a while, loafing mostly, and doing odd jobs. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z A fellow-apprentice in after years remembered him as ‘an idle loafing fellow, always writing poetry.’ Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Thought this was going to be a loafing assignment you left us on—nothing to do but hang around camp and swim and fish—and the minute you turn your backs something happens.” The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z No loafing place was left me, now, save the large room in the barracks, where the men were accustomed to assemble. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z They ha' been loafing around the Kootenai village ever since I sent them from the cabin in the summer. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z The old curmudgeon pretends to be deaf; he will not listen to anything, and blames me for loafing with fellows, as he says, about the streets. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z "I have another three weeks to put in, Charlie, and what is the good of loafing here, at a loose end?" Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Some of the crowd are eating oysters, more drinking brandy and water, and a still greater number "loafing" about without any particular employment. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z General air about the room of loafing in a corner cigar store. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Now, have you any pressing reason for loafing down here any longer? Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z He is capable of something far better than lounging through life with his hands in his pockets, and loafing around the world. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Though it has been very pleasant, I’ve been loafing long enough.” The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Say, do I look like a dodo that was just loafing around for a chance chat with a persistency specialist like you? Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z After locating a seal loafing on an ice floe, groups of whales rush the floe, their tails pumping in sync to generate a wave that washes the seal into the water. Slideshow: Killer Whales Devise Lethal Splash to Catch Seals 2011-04-04T18:22:01Z Mother, don’t you miss Walt loafing around, and carting himself off to New York toward the latter part of every afternoon? The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z There were plenty of negroes loafing about the little station, and he called a big black man and said, “Uncle, give this lady your arm, and be sure to keep her on her feet.” All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z I took to loafing about the places you were sure to go to, sooner or later, as a swell, thinking yourself safe as the Bank. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z "It won't do for us to be loafing here," he explained, "for I expect those fellows have been called back so that the whole crowd can chase us in the sloop." Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z You haven't the honesty to say, fair and square, that you funked rocker and went loafing about the country, looking for any mischief you could lay your hands on. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Last year you spent them here, out of doors, loafing about. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z I left her there and after loafing round for about half an hour returned. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z The air of tranquil assurance about these three huge loafing monsters had a queer effect on Marjorie's mind. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Then he felt fitted, as he would say, "for a hard day's work at loafing." On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z It was during this exodus or hegira, I think, that I was excommunicated by old Mr. James, of Lansoar, because I was loafing at home instead of living on five shillings a week in London. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z At that moment they saw Hodge idling in a doorway across the street and they knew that Rattleton must be loafing in a similar way in some other spot. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z It was wonderful how the men worked, and how willing they all were to do their utmost to help matters on; there was no shirking or loafing about, but real solid work going on. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z All the evidence he asks against any insect is to find him loafing about the premises. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z “Thought I was one of the crew loafing?” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z My father and mother apart, I loved to be by myself, with unlimited leisure for mooning and loafing and roaming and wandering from lane to lane, from wood to wood. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z A loafing Negro in a backyard, who in ordinary times would not have been noticed, became an object of real terror. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z The rest of the time I spend in loafing: I stroll about, lunch and dine where the mood takes me and go and call on my friends. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The shanty lads began to straggle back to town from little backwoods farms where they had spent the summer loafing or increasing the size of the clearings, from mills, from out-of-the-way holes and corners. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z They cram nine and a half hours worth of media into six and a half hours of actual time – data that suggests the cliche of the youngster loafing in the lounge is an unfair one. Multi-tasking media consumption on rise among Britons, says Ofcom study 2010-08-19T07:00:00Z Still, I see myself all through that year 1883 tramping, loafing, strolling along interminable streets and roads lying to the north-west and the west of London, a shabby, sorry figure; and always alone. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z "Fat, loafing and with the dress sense of a tramp," was Taylor's opinion of the winger. Rob Bagchi: McIlroy strikes a blow for scruffbags 2010-07-20T23:06:00Z Now and then one may be seen canoeing up or down some main stream, or loafing a week or two at some backwoods farm and having a good time. The Girl From Tim's Place The submarine was due to start back from patrol that night, and was just loafing along at twenty odd feet depth waiting for dark. H.M.S. —— He has given up loafing and getting into debt, and he is now earning his bread and working steadily for his exam. The Undying Past The men loafing at the street corners were a lazy-looking set of ruffians, and the whole aspect was most depressing. The Princess Galva A Romance There were small crowds of men and youth loafing before the bar-rooms upon the corners of the streets, and among them were observed quite a sprinkling of half-castes and full-blooded natives. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Also, I had a fleeting glimpse of a man loafing on a baggage truck, his hat over his eyes. The Window at the White Cat I could believe it was only last week that Beauty Valiant and Southall and I were boys, loafing around this gyarden. The Valiants of Virginia I don't understand, father," he said, "how you can call it loafing. The Undying Past I wouldn't come loafing out hereaway, to be followed by cavalry and caught napping. The Red Mustang A group of staring louts, who appeared to be waiting for him, were loafing near the drawbridge. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers I thought I saw Robert's giant figure coming towards me; but only a few stray idlers were loafing around, and gaped at my strange apparition. The Wish A Novel Slowly and untiringly he labored for a few weeks, getting everything in comfortable condition, seeking the assistance of the few loafing farmers, until matters were fairly arranged and everything fixed up comfortably for bachelor quarters. The Nightrider's Feud You know Pastor Brenckenberg's cub, who has been loafing about at home for more than a year, doing no good? The Undying Past "Everybody loafing, as usual," she muttered sourly, and she hurled her coat at the carven back of a great cathedral chair—and missed it. The Haunted Pajamas Then the carpenter Hackelberg, who had been loafing about in the neighbourhood of the inn, reeled into the common parlour, half-drunk as usual. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The yacht had outwardly all the idle ease of a craft designed merely for luxurious loafing over smooth seas, but Cartwright had built it with one or two other requisite qualities in mind. The Key to Yesterday Near University Place he noticed Rogers loafing in front of a restaurant with several other youths who wore black caps. The Guarded Heights While loafing around the dock one day we got into conversation with an American, a runaway whaler. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document And one night Angus announced that loafing was done. The Land of Strong Men The ring fastened on Victoria's imagination as she stepped into a hansom which was loafing near the door. A Bed of Roses Business had been finished for the day, and there were only two or three casual porters loafing about waiting on the off-chance for an hour's work. Hard Pressed The common that Mr. Everett had in mind was a pasturage, not a baseball ground, or lover's walk, or a loafing place for tramps. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses The mate, who had been loafing in the cabin and shirking his duty, also did some tall yelping when he saw our danger. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document In this way it often happens that all that one of these loafing labourers has to show for his spasmodic toil may be four cash, or in extreme cases only two, or even one. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Professor Foxwell describes dining and then loafing and strolling and smoking with him. Lafcadio Hearn There isn't much loafing or lying down on the job when they're around. Bert Wilson at Panama "How long have you been loafing in that corner?" The Gray Mask A fellow workman loafing at the entrance to a saloon jocularly invited him to enter and take a drink. By Right of Conquest A Novel There were knots of men loafing about the square and, waiting for the next trolley car, there stood among them an old dame gayly attired in the colors of her native Erin. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road During this time, while he was loafing and dreaming, he at various intervals contributed letters to the Commercial. Lafcadio Hearn You haven't the talent for loafing, and I think I have, in a mild kind of way. Years of Plenty I was loafing around here when you came up, and I knew it was you, as soon as I heard you slipping up that tree. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction I can’t stand this loafing, for it don’t amount to much more than that now that The Orphan has graduated out of the outlaw class. The Orphan Nor have I seen twenty men who were obviously loafing. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel This man Coombs was a sailor, supposed to be a deserter from some ship, and was loafing around St. Michaels half starved when we picked him up. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 "So don't let me catch you loafing outside the scrum again," he concluded. Years of Plenty "Well, certainly she don't seem to be loafing none," Max commented, with a glance toward the office where Miss Meyerson was making out the monthly statements. The Competitive Nephew He had been loafing about Bananaland on vacation just before we started, and of course he got wind and wished himself along. Where the Pavement Ends Or, if he passed a knot of youthful loots loafing at a street corner, his ears could not fail to catch some deft allusion followed by a yahoo bray of laughter. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance “But do you seriously think I should get back my old form the sooner by just loafing around all day doing nothing?” Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Its inhabitants were loafing about over their usual avocations or lack of such, in apparent ignorance of the black destruction that was about to overwhelm them. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising It took many days, days of irksome loafing for the doctor, before they had their final incorporation papers. Young Wallingford What's all that loafing about galleries, I ask ye, but the worst of all idling? One Of Them The loafing that carries along with itself the freedom from selfishness, appreciation of others' conditions, and gentlemanliness, is worth commending. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College A tattered crowd of negroes were loafing about variously dressed, none, however, entirely without clothes of some kind. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Abuse of the provision for leave without pay and loafing on the job have also contributed significantly to losses of worktime. Area Handbook for Romania The loafing giants grunted as the lash struck them, roared with pain as they got hastily to work on their treadmill. Planet of the Gods "Mayhap, sir, you 'd rather see 'em loafing?" said he one day in a moment of impatience, as Layton half confessed that he 'd like to meet some of the men of leisure. One Of Them Loafing that has no object, loafing as a vocation, is to be despised. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College Just picture what this or any future colony would look like after a year or two of uninhibited mingling and loafing and swilling down that tala. The Test Colony It's a bit lonesome loafing around here alone, and, like you, I know of no place where I can find a bed. The Minute Boys of York Town He shoved the nose of the ship down, the giants working eagerly at their treadmill now, as if they realized they had been caught loafing on the job and were trying to make amends. Planet of the Gods There ain't nothing like labor," said Quackinboss, with energy; "work keeps the devil out of a man's mind, for somehow there's nothing that black fellow loves like loafing. One Of Them I rather like the loafing which young Jebb indulged in, but I fear it is a type of the life which some college men do not follow. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College Earthsmith's in no hurry to attend his first class, so he's loafing. Earthsmith He wouldn’t start doing anything—got into a habit of loafing around bare—went the way of, unfortunately, many another young fellow who comes out to the Colonies—took to drink. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Occasionally he varied his saloon loafing by taking trips to Lake View. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin He hated to have them begin the habit of loafing there, with all the lazy boys and men from three miles round. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories Whether the college is wise in allowing such loafing, it is not for me now to say, but I can trust you to be the proper kind of loafer as well as of worker. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College Whitaker slept soundly but lightly: the adventures of the evening had not been so fatiguing as to render his slumbers profound, after three days of sheer loafing. The Destroying Angel He stated substantially, that, having been engaged in loafing about, and doing nothing, he had had no time to prepare a contribution for the entertainment of the club. The History and Records of the Elephant Club I'm going to stop loafing and get busy. The Caves of Fear "Watch him closely, and if he is loafing, signal me." Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Fowle, though skilled in his trade, found well-paid loafing more to his choice, for Voles had sent Rachel to Fowle, guessing this man to be of the right kidney for underhanded dealings. The Bartlett Mystery "I can see him as often as I have anything to say to him, for he is loafing about the settlement all the time." Marcy The Refugee He realized this was a commentary on his loafing propensities. The "Genius" It was during these days that he made my office a loafing place. Checkers A Hard-luck Story The 200th Ind. had been lying in camp for two or three days, and the ambitious heroes who composed that regiment were getting tired of loafing about. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran A week later he was loafing in the Luxembourg Gardens which the sun was filling with a golden softness. Pierre and Luce The crew, loafing on the forecastle, saw the phenomenon, and their chattering voices rose in a chorus of excitement. Doubloons—and the Girl He had not realized that he was loafing. The "Genius" While Cam was speaking I noticed that Jean Pahusca who had been loafing about at the far side of the crowd, was standing behind Father Le Claire. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas They performed all the rites and dances, and in addition did a good deal of strutting up and down, loafing and ‘yarning.’ The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy You're loafing till it makes us all sick to look at you. The Girl in the Mirror The little patch before the door, instead of being a loafing ground for swine, and a receptacle of litter and filth, was trimly set with flowers, weeded, watered, and fenced with dainty care. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings So Pat was permitted the doubtful pleasure of loafing about in the inclosure. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance It was well that he did so, for he saw a burly individual loafing in the highway, with his eye on the end of the wood track. The Deaves Affair The men were worked hard, and, by this time it was generally understood that learning to be a soldier was no loafing business. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry Give an old railroad engineer a week off, and presently you will discover him spending the time loafing around the roundhouse, chatting with the other engineers, and investigating things. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret Noon found them loafing on the great square in front of the Palace of the Two Kings of the Sea and the Islands. Rastignac the Devil “I was not loafing my time away, Mr. Fenton,” returned Matt calmly. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone He came loafing out, the sweat standing in huge beads upon his nose. The Plow-Woman These houses were large enough to shelter twenty to forty persons; the roofs were favorite loafing spots, for men, women, and dogs. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women There was no longer any necessity for "loafing on the job," to allow a tardy moon to come in sight, as had been the case before. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret The Major Riley command were loafing in their tents and in the shade of the few cottonwoods, until the sun should set. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters Mr. Reginald Armytage volunteered to be grog-bos, an office which suited his 'loafing' propensities, since his duties consisted in carrying about a pail of water and a bottle of whisky to the knots of workmen. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement If you don't get killed the first eight days, the orders is to shoot you for loafing. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Then Miss Landis makes another purchase—a razor, in a shop near the hotel where I happen to be loafing.” The Bandbox He never wearied of observing it when simply "loafing" up in the air, as at present. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret At the door, a loafing trapper, smoking a pipe, greeted him by name. The Wilderness Trail Why, you unconscionable'—burst forth Arthur; 'loafing about here for these three hours, and never to produce them!' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement I don’t feed you for loafing and doing nothing.” Legends & Romances of Brittany At the end of our three days’ loafing he caught me at the end of his pistol so regularly that there ceased to be any contest in it. Gold To loaf herself was not so fatal for Adelle as to acquiesce in Archie's loafing, to accept the parasitic notion for her man that obtained in the easy-going circles she knew. Clark's Field When he got with two or three of the others, one of us would just be loafing about, and call out 'Hallo, what's up?' Sir Tom I simply won’t have idlers loafing round wasting their own time and demoralizing society with their lazy habits. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments We have got off our Spanish friends, and are now loafing. The Boys of '98 In her loafing, idle and poor, about London, with her idle and poor brother and her Irish journalist lover, bitterness had grown more bitter. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings "That's the man who wrote about 'gilded subalterns loafing luxuriously in cushioned cars in a giddy round of useless and pampered ease'?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 Well, I am afraid that I must admit," Mr. Probert said, "that to call you a meddlesome old fox was abusive, although nothing like so abusive as to call a man a loafing young scoundrel. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow If the real workers could keep clear of this class, as well as the idle, loafing element in their own profession, ninety per cent. of the alleged labor outrages would never be committed. Snow on the Headlight A Story of the Great Burlington Strike "A promoted constable in plain clothes is loafing about the neighbouring public-houses, and standing drinks, generally without the exercise of much discrimination, to unlikely people." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 His wife was loafing! sitting down! in the middle of the day! The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards My life was a thing condemned; I had joined the ranks of loafing, morally-limping, English exiles. The Passionate Friends Oh, I dare say that he was angry, but a gentleman who has been called a loafing young scoundrel is somewhat apt to lose his temper. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow The scenes most frequented were the loafing places. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades I'm loafing about, and I very much doubt if my excellent Ma is aware that I'm out; My time I employ in attempts to annoy, and I'm not what you'd call an agreeable boy! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 Jake gets more than that a week for loafing round the shop about seven hours a day. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Generally a day in harbor is a day of loafing for the crew of a seiner; but it was not so altogether with us that day. The Seiners He can manage without me a little while longer; but a few more days like this will put an end to my loafing. The Quality of Mercy This room is commonly used as the loafing place for the crew, being regarded as very spacious and empty. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Scattered about on the ground, and loafing in the door-ways in all attitudes and positions, were over a hundred men, of various ages, classes and nationalities, but principally Cornishmen, or, in western vernacular, “Cousin Jacks.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West One day, when there was a little more to do than usual, I had gone up twice in the morning and was loafing around on the field. An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 We had our loafing spells, as I say, but mostly it was plenty of work. The Seiners They spent their time in loafing, drinking, gambling and plotting "revolutions." The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The labourers of this district are Catholic, and they prefer to stand loafing about to the performance of regular work. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Instead of the loafing chairs we still had rusty old sabres then. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts I detest traveling alone, eating alone, or loafing alone. Mixed Faces No more discussion, no more loafing––pipes were smothered into bosoms, and up the companionway crowded oilskins and jack-boots. The Seiners The few men that could be seen in the distance appeared to be loafing in the sunshine along the straggling street-way that led to the river. The Mountain Divide But it wasn't loafing that kept him stuffed in a hot shed all day, wheezing polkas out of the hurdy-gurdy, but a real good idea of improving on the handcart. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas She had not been gone many minutes before anybody loafing at that end of the camp might have seen her brother was following her. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White There he went frequently, loafing about the kitchen with Dolores, if the Rector was not at home, listening with bowed head and resigned humility, to the lectures she gave him on his scandalous conduct. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore Don’t you suppose I know he spends his time loafing around your shop?” Whispering Smith In front are teams of burden, abandoned, for a time, by their drivers, and sundry human signs of decay loafing in the shadow of the old lindens. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry "It is no time for loafing," he said, "we must work early and late, and make our work count." Negro Migration during the War Every member of the band, except two, was loafing around the lodges hopelessly and helplessly doing nothing, and miserably giving the matter up. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White How do we know but what there are a dozen or more steam launches, like the one we've just left astern, loafing about in the Sound waiting for us? Marcy The Blockade Runner One day when I was loafing about in the wood I heard a strange noise in the bushes. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales As for the recent anti-German riots, they seem to me to have been organised by those slack loafing elements of the population who lounge about refusing to enlist. War Letters of a Public-School Boy The importation merely shifted the scene of their deliberate loafing and spasmodic contact with work. Negro Migration during the War Damascus is more inclined to loafing or to dancing than to reading. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Few people were in sight, and they loafing at the corners. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo "A pretty mess I've made of it all, and there'll be no end of trouble if Thurston hears of this," he said aloud, so that a loafing porter heard and grinned. Thurston of Orchard Valley For though the searching of title-deeds be a mortal process, the loafing margin of the working hour could be extended imperceptibly, and without hazarding his or his employer’s interest. The Book of Khalid I don't know if a rich man is justified in loafing or not. Partners of the Out-Trail She was distressed to see the young fellows of the place loafing aimlessly about at night, and proceeded to organise some rational amusement for them. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland I just believe some of the scamps I saw loafing around there in that store stole the money out of the letter. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas It does me good to talk to you—after the life I've lived, this everlasting loafing comes mighty hard to me. Thurston of Orchard Valley And is not loafing a necessary prelude to the travail? The Book of Khalid "All the same, Shanks is a loafing thief; I'd have turned him out of the neighborhood." Partners of the Out-Trail Hanscom, refraining from further question, helped the old man up the stairway to his bed and then returned to the barroom, in which several of the regular boarders were loafing. They of the High Trails There were no blanketed Indians loafing around in the sun and sleeping under the 40 shelter of the underbrush, as they had been taught to expect to see them. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas Even if they make you a street-scavenger, remember that is better than loafing. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand And when he is not loafing in Battery Park, carving his name on the bench, he is burrowing in the shelves of some second-hand book-shop or dreaming in the dome of some Broadway skyscraper. The Book of Khalid We were loafing in our saddles, when suddenly we caught sight of the cook standing on his cart frantically signaling us to come. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' You lectured me for loafing, and shooting woodpeckers. Sunlight Patch Hartson Brant was loafing for the day, too, and Rick had an opportunity to talk with him for the first time in several days. Smugglers' Reef "If they only will, too, for there ain't much fun in doing chores while father and Rufe and Wad are just loafing round." The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies And Khalid once said to me, ‘In loafing here, I work as hard as did the masons and hod-carriers who laboured on these pyramids.’ The Book of Khalid Before the Government tackled them, they were idling, loafing, rambling, and robbing all over the country, alike to our Gipsies; now they have settled down and become useful and good citizens. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement After months of tramping in the broiling sun, free and perfect as it was, the easy loafing life seemed sweet. The Belovéd Vagabond The rest of the day I spend loafing about the station and the pastry-cook's. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 "And we don't want to be seen loafing round, now she's here." The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies And now, that he has a little money laid up, has he not the right to seek in this world the cheapest and most suitable place for loafing? The Book of Khalid What does he mean by loafing about here?” he thought, feeling something like a pugnacious bull-dog at the prospect of a possible rival. Not Like Other Girls Tom moved the speed control slowly, until the “Restless” went loafing along at a speed of six miles an hour. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise I've got a step-father; but he's worse than none, for he is loafing round most of the time, and spends all the money he can get on drink. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves The queer fellow came forward from the back store, where he had been loafing: he had a bewildered air. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas "It's a good loafing place for him and we have some evening classes." One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America A dark-eyed, decent-looking woman passed him on the stair and looked at him curiously; further on a man, smoking a pipe, took the trouble to follow him to the next floor in a loafing fashion. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker “It is fearfully dull, loafing around, in this fashion, on a lonely island, yet in plain sight of the sea that we long to rove over,” nodded Captain Tom Halstead of the motor yacht “Restless.” The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise One evening, just after dusk,—after a sharp encounter with Harry Squires, who bluntly accused him of loafing on the job,—he sauntered past the Nixon cottage. Anderson Crow, Detective I want to see what that lazy scamp of a husband of yours is about—loafing for a certainty, if he thinks no one can see him.” The Scarlet Feather French soldiers of all kinds were about, some on duty, some with their arms done up in slings, some of them apparently loafing. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders It was the man she had seen loafing by the lamp-post. The Dop Doctor Farallone was in a riotous good-humor, and the fear of him grew less in us until we felt at ease and could take an unmixed pleasure in the loafing. It, and Other Stories I should be worse off loafing round here with little to do, and I shall be home often. David Fleming's Forgiveness Turnbull grunted and turned away, looking forward to where two or three men were loafing about on the forecastle, hard at work doing nothing. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure Why, I should like nothing better than loafing round here enjoying myself by looking about and doing no harm to anything. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War The English officer looked at the rowdy landlord and the loafing men about the tavern, and made up his mind. The Dop Doctor "Well, you wouldn't be loafing around here, digging up our whole driveway, unless there was," persisted Paul good-humoredly. Paul and the Printing Press Close at hand a tall, swaggering fellow was loafing about. The Panchronicon The soldiers do a vast deal of loafing. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin You see, though I've taken this extra leave, I don't mean to spend it in loafing. Captain Desmond, V.C. The day before my twenty-first birthday I was loafing around the lanes when I saw Richard Tresidder and his son Nick drive past me. The Birthright In this green and confused abundance the native spends his day, working a little, loafing a great deal. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific I did feel vexed, I confess, for I was quite sure she had joined a tribe of Indians that had been loafing about here for some time. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France I regret to see you addicted to loafing. Lorimer of the Northwest Ralston was still unconvinced that it was not a case of mistaken identity, and, hoping against hope, he asked some one loafing about while he and Bear Chief unsaddled if McArthur had returned. 'Me--Smith' And thus it came about that my manhood slipped away from me, and I became a loafing outcast. The Birthright Two ragged natives were loafing on the beach, and I engaged one of them for the next day, to guide me to some villages. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific So willy-nilly I was brought to the bar, where the line of men already loafing there made space. Desert Dust Jones stared gloomily out the fourteenth story window into the park, where the local bums were loafing and sleeping and feeding peanuts to the pigeons. Master of None To hell with your cows and your Murphys and your money and yourself, you loafing millionaire! A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Only once did he observe any signs of human activity, and then the loafing attitude of the two punchers riding leisurely through a field half a mile away was but too apparent. Shoe-Bar Stratton I knew a great many soldiers who were robbed, sometimes they received bruised heads just by loafing in the park at night. A Soldier in the Philippines Beyond any other Orientals I have seen, these Egyptians have the capacity for unlimited loafing under circumstances that would drive an American insane in a few hours. The Critic in the Orient Half an hour after the departure of Duncan Sheila pressed a loafing puncher into service and directed him to rope a gentle pony for her. The Trail to Yesterday The grotesque arm of one of the figures in the milky globe was moving out slowly, loafing along, aimed at the head of the other. Hellhounds of the Cosmos "Yes; he said there was nothing going on, and he had got tired of loafing around." When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine There isn’t going to be any loafing at Killykinick for me. Killykinick The author does not preach the lost art of loafing. Humorous Ghost Stories Such a vision Walt Whitman had, and to such constant inspired labour he gave his life�notwithstanding his talk about "loafing and inviting his soul"! Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Her former husband, paroled from the penitentiary a few months before the rustling episode, had at intervals made of her shop a loafing place since that time. Crooked Trails and Straight To learn to write as soldiers think, he spent long hours loafing with the genuine article. Stories of Authors, British and American There will be no loafing on your watch, I kin see. Killykinick Under the spell, convinced that loafing is better than doing, the reader stays and chuckles over the quiet humor and quaint fancies. Humorous Ghost Stories "If I catch you here again," said the Griffin pompously, "I will run you in; no loafing here!" The Tale of Lal A Fantasy But don't keep me loafing any longer than you have to, will you? Christopher and the Clockmakers The Canadians were already veterans, and their new captain who was taking them back allowed more loafing than usual. Where the Souls of Men are Calling I hate every hour of delay, I dislike this loafing about here now. Ringfield A Novel The landlady and a slavey waited on table; the landlord could be seen loafing in the kitchen. Free Air Whatever do you want loafing round here at this time o' morning? The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys Quit loafing about, waiting and looking for a clerkship in a store with a wheelbarrow-load of goods. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 But loafing about as you do, and leaving the way open for them, those peasants of yours have gained strength. The First Distiller But they were obliged to wait some time for the train, and, after a couple of hours of “heavy loafing” about the streets, they returned to the pier. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Never was a time but what half the Shawnees and other tribes was loafing ’round the settlements, pretending to be friends, while t’other half was using the tomahawk and scalping-knife. A Virginia Scout Here he scribbled to Gertie and Ben Rusk little notes decorated with badly drawn caricatures of himself loafing. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life He’s just loafing, and I’m having the time of my life.” Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam But maybe I’ll get back to it while loafing around the ranch,” he added. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up Immediately upon his arrival down-town he telegraphed the joyous news to Jack Starlett, in Washington, to prepare for an old-fashioned loafing bee. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man It was ten o'clock at night, and they were loafing indoors. The Huntress Could you be loafing around here with me? The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The idea that Southern boys are lazy loafing dreamers is a myth. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan The sidewalks were littered with loafing cowboys and lumber-jacks, and some of them quite openly ridiculed his riding-breeches and his thin legs. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range They told me at the store about your son loafing on you all these years while you took in washing. The Grain Ship It was a state of rest, of loafing, of idleness, which was not the death of a running mechanism. The Machine That Saved The World "Yes, but——" "And you'd rather be loafing on a dirty wharf, looking at a tramp steamer, than taking tea at the Plaza?" The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Two or three of Honey Tone's former guardians were busy loafing at the Temple when the Wildcat arrived. Lady Luck It bores me stiff to fish, and I’m sick of loafing. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range The Skinners devoted the days between Wednesday and Saturday to loafing or sight-seeing, principally the former. Skinner's Dress Suit Captain Jarrow spent an hour or two loafing about the schooner and swearing under his breath as he regarded the shore, where the crew was going through mysterious incantations. Isle o' Dreams At the end of another day Sandy became restless; his capacity for loafing was exhausted. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Around the doorway crowded the rough-shirted woodsmen, loafing and smoking after their prodigious dinner of boiled pork, boiled beans, and steaming-hot molasses cake. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life He was idling there, he said, for health's sake, and one evening, seeing a number of men loafing about, he proposed to one of them that he should give them an address. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Federal troops were riding up and down the road and loafing about the camps trying to be familiar. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 In five minutes he was deep in his papers; but in the half hour when he was loafing before he dressed to go out, the young man’s curious behavior came into his mind again. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays Men were working in the fields, but those in Huntersville proper seemed to be exhausted with loafing. Black Oxen When a boy leaves a job where he is working, and goes to loafing around, he becomes a fighter the first thing. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 "What are you loafing around here for," says the grocery man to the bad boy one day this week. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 Captain Chinks was loafing about the wharf, and Bobtail concluded that this was the reason they did not come. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. But also in his sly fondness for loafing on a sunny grass-bank, smoking a vile pipe and arguing that the war couldn’t last more than six months, he was very much like Uncle Joe Tubbs. The Innocents A Story for Lovers "I think so," answered Frank; "I might just as well be going there as loafing about on Sunday afternoon doing nothing." Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia He wrote that Daniel was loafing about in Nuremberg. The Goose Man Most of the men were loafing along a wall by their little inn, and they were soon reinforced by many women. A Tramp's Notebook But that wasn't half he picked up while he was loafing away the golden hours of his college course in our chapter house. At Good Old Siwash Unfortunately their notion of the life of a free human being does not stop at loafing about in the piazza. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions But they spent at least an hour in contented, satisfying, meaningless loafing that nobody can describe but that everybody likes to remember afterward. Space Platform “Your father, he’s loafing around somewhere in the country,” replied Philippina, and blew out one of the candles that had burned down and was ready to set the twig on fire. The Goose Man While the other fellows have been improving themselves you have been loafing around public-houses. Tommy The people are a lazy, loafing set, and never happy but when they are in hot water. The Golden Magnet Here, lay along, you fellows; the carpenter has finished Mr. Newman's boat, and some of you loafing 'soldiers' have to man her and help Mr. Brant to tow his whale alongside. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 If he is one of those loafing scoundrels of undertakers' and mortuary masons' touts, just send him about his business; give him a glass of whisky and tell Mary to clear him out.' Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 "Ain't so sure about that, sir," stated the towboat man, loafing into an easier attitude. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Henry Whitman, for example, had stated that Tom was loafing and that unless he picked up and showed improvement he might not receive a reappointment when his present term had expired. Tutors' Lane He was loafing about there at night waiting for Maud, and quite ignorant of her death. The Opal Serpent He came loafing along the arcade one arm flung about "Pellams" Chase. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University The canoe was loaded down to the gunwale with the weight of fish—fish that the lazy, loafing Apian natives caught but rarely. The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 Let me tell you that we haven't been loafing on board here. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 What the apéritif was did not matter; what did, was the reason it gave for half an hour's loafing before dinner with all the loafing town. Nights Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties A reporter came to ask me one day if I had seen a strange man loafing in the meadows the evening the thing happened. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Truly this warm weather, and monotonous sea life, seems very favourable for dreaming, and mooning, and loafing. A Boy's Voyage Round the World And if the skipper or the purser comes along, and finds you loafing about in, the alley-way when you ought to be turned in, I'll get into trouble as well as yourself. Tom Gerrard It's an almighty dirty place for loafing till we get into the stream and clean ship, sir. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 For I have got to work at last, A W; the loafing and inviting of my soul is past, my soul has responded to my invitation. Greener Than You Think "O, he's only loafing, and wants to see a Yankee ship and a Yankee crew," laughed Herman. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany Dr. Murray approved the idea, and thought that the Minister without Portfolio might give up loafing and take to fishing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 The ostentatiously loafing plainclothesmen could look in and see the waiting parcels loaded on them. The Pirates of Ersatz He asked why the Nequasset was loafing there in the seaway without steering headway on her! Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 And I think that saving a little child, And fotching him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the Throne. The Book of Humorous Verse In an unemployed body the primitive sensors of the mind had nothing to do, and like a man trained to busy-ness, loafing was their hardest task. Instinct I hadn’t got a gun with me, and perhaps I had no business to be loafing about.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites He was seen from a distance and watched without apprehension by the loafing guards about the boat. The Pirates of Ersatz There were half a dozen small schooners, fishermen, loafing under shortened canvas in the vicinity of the wreck. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Part of the mountain men who are loafing in town just now are wild Indians, as reckless and cruel as any of your Sioux warriors on a war-path. Ahead of the Army While I have been loafing with Luigi not only has the summer slipped away, but the cool winds of October have crept down from the Alps. The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht The wife had come near being the death of her beloved cousin, and the husband was a lazy, loafing fellow. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp "I thought you was a boy who didn't do any loafing," the gentleman said gruffly. Messenger No. 48 It's high tide now, and a spring tide at that, and them tugs is just loafing out there—ain't making a move to start her. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 But I can't stand palavering or those rowdies loafing around will pull the house about our ears. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 There must have been over a thousand loafing about the street all night. Side Show Studies And if those loafing vagabonds of mine don’t bestir themselves they will follow in double-quick time! The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast "You see, you've just been loafing this morning, almost ever since inspection, while I have a consciousness of work well performed." Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros That cruise seemed to be a series of spasmodic alternations between leisurely loafing and hustling haste. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 It affords pleasant and profitable employment to the pupils during spare moments that would otherwise be lost in idle loafing or play. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy A few weeks ago, one of these men returned, and has spent most of the time since his arrival in loafing about the different barrooms upon the river. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 A number of other canoes were tied at the bank, and their boatmen and passengers were loafing among the huts. Gold Seekers of '49 At this moment most of the brown fellows were loafing in the trench. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros Oakdale had put her second baseman, Jack Nelson, at the head of the batting order, and Jack did not delay the game by loafing on his way into the batter's box. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale While paying the penalty of the punctual man—by waiting for the tardy one—he seemed to the villagers to be loafing. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln But while resting and eating and loafing and sleeping and enjoying each other's company, both watched Operation Moon closely enough to be completely informed as to everything that went on. Masters of Space More gold seekers were loafing and waiting on the beach; and these added their shouts and advice to the clamor of the boatmen. Gold Seekers of '49 "But you ought not to be loafing about, sleeping anywhere, and without employment," said Helen, primly. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace He had the most novel and ingenious ideas on the subject of loafing. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life You both agree that the advance agent must be loafing. Pipefuls Flagg, therefore, would be informed that the drive master was loafing in the village. Joan of Arc of the North Woods I used to poke around the Great Barrier Reef, skindiving out the air lock or loafing on the surface. The Burning Bridge Josie tripped up the steps, assuming a kind of nonchalance as she calmly viewed the loafing boarders. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman But having few wants and no ambition, they have practically no industries, and spend their lives in sleeping, loafing, and talking. Impressions of South Africa Accordingly he set out in a leisurely search for food, loafing along the base of a sunny ledge of rock. Followers of the Trail When he did a thing it was expensive—for he had bands of picked men always on call, and the men must be paid during their loafing intervals, waiting for other strikes. Joan of Arc of the North Woods From time immemorial, City Hall had been a loafing place for seedy politicians, active and retired, who passed their time plotting for the next campaign in the free seats provided by the City Fathers. A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day Even if she wasn't too big a steamer to be loafing there, I knew her of old. Sonnie-Boy's People Barclay immediately went up to her and assured her that he had not been loafing around the night before. The Expressman and the Detective It was Sunday afternoon, and all the miners were loafing about with nothing to do. The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 There were workmen in the yard of a lumber mill near the station, loafing after they had eaten their lunches from their pails. Joan of Arc of the North Woods Meridian and that the boys were tired of loafing. The Long Roll |
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