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lounger|ˈlaʊndʒə(r)|
[f. lounge v. + -er1.]
a. One who lounges, an idler, a do-nothing.
1508Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 121 Lene larbar, loungeour, baith lowsy in lisk and lonȝe. 1513Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 122 Quhat bern be thou in bed..Lurkand like a longeour? 1711Steele Spect. No. 54 ⁋6, I shall enquire into such about this Town as have arrived at the Dignity of being Lowngers by the Force of natural Parts. 1750Student I. 21 Idle people called Lowngers, whose whole business it is to fly from the painful task of thinking. 1803M. Edgeworth Manufacturers ii. (1832) 106 Our hero was ridiculed most unmercifully by all the Bond-street loungers. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. xlviii. 66 The loungers of the baths and porticoes sallied forth from their cool retreats. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 7 He went to Europe as a student, not as a lounger.
b. An article of furniture or of dress designed to be used for relaxation.
1964G. Sims Terrible Door xviii. 98 She wore..blue woollen stockings and highly polished, brown moccasin loungers. 1969Sears Catal. Spring/Summer 3 Ankle length loungers with their own carefully constructed Bra sewn right in. 1969A. Laski Dominant Fifth v. 182, I am sitting in a lounger under an umbrella. 1971Daily Tel. 11 May 13/5 The best ‘loungers’ are those which allow the legs to be raised slightly above the body. |