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Meaning of idleby | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An idle person.

obsolete

Examples

“A vagrant, an idleby, or a busybody, that keeps not his station, abides not in the calling wherein he was called […]”
“"Good morning to you as well. I thought you'd still be asleep." Apparently she'd taken him for an idleby.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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