LAYABOUT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary These people, categorised as layabouts, should have to report every morning to the local authority for community work before being entitled to benefit When it suits another, they are layabouts, strike-bound and always causing trouble The prejudice is that if someone is unemployed he is a scrounger and a layabout
What does layabout mean? - Definitions. net A layabout is a person who habitually avoids work, responsibility, or any form of physical exertion, often spending large amounts of time doing nothing or indulging in idleness or leisure activities at the expense of important duties