The authors decided that place-names spent too much time "loafing about on signposts."
They were loafing about, keeping rather quiet; a child could see (and this one had done so) that they were up to no good.
Only one man loafed about, a dark, sullen-looking fellow with a wet look to his eyes I did not like.
Having had their eats, the partners were loafing about.
These men were not loafing about.
Picasso wasn't just loafing about on crowded sidewalks.
So we children spent our free time loafing about, picking our toenails, waiting for the next meal.
But there's no time for loafing about on beaches - there are 114 islands to see.
People were walking around and a couple of police cruisers were loafing about.
They loafed about, napped, shot dice, cleaned firearms or whetted knives.
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