boulevardiern.
/buːl(ə)vɑːˈdjeɪ/ One who frequents a boulevard.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > in specific place
market beaterc1405
market dasher1440
market runner?c1475
benchera1533
bench-whistler1542
bench-babbler1549
Paul's man1616
Paul's-walker1658
benchwarmer1662
round-towner1775
wharf-rat1823
boulevardier1879
sidewalk superintendent1879
bar-loafer1889
stoepsitter1934
beach bum1962
1879 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 24 As hard..as it seems to a Parisian boulevardier to live in a quiet country.
1882 Society 28 Oct. 11/2 The abandoned boulevardier only looks with pity on the young enthusiasts.
1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap ix. 374 Roystering blades from Pittsburgh or boulevardeers from Bucyrus—not a New Yorker in sight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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