loiter-sack

loiter-sack

English

Alternative forms

• loitersacke, loiter-sacke, loitersack

Etymology

loiter +‎ sack

Noun

loiter-sack (plural loiter-sacks)

1. (obsolete) A lazy person.
   • 1594, Lyly, John, Mother Bombie, act 2, scene 2; republished in Dilke, Charles Wentworth, editor, Old Plays, volume 1, London: Rodwell and Martin, 1816, page 226:

     I marvel I hear no news of Dromio; either he slacks the matter, or betrays his master; I dare not motion any thing to Stellio till I know what my boy hath done; I'll hunt him out; if the loiter-sack be gone springing into a tavern, I'll fetch him reeling out.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:idler