loodheramaun

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noun

A big, lazy man; a loafer.

OriginIrish liúdramán →
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Meanings

nounloodheramaun (plural loodheramauns)

plural loodheramauns · alternative looderamawn

  1. IrelandA big, lazy man; a loafer.

    Baah! Adam was a damn fool, a looderamawn if you like.

    1961, Flann O'Brien, The Hard Life
    2 more examples

    there was an old one there with a cracked loodheramaun of a nephew

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

    I found a looderamawn in Dalkey Village by the name of Teague McGettigan.

    1964, Flann O'Brien, The Dalkey Archive

Origin

  1. Irishliúdramán“loafer”
  2. Englishloodheramaun

Borrowed from Irish liúdramán (“loafer”).

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APA

loodheramaun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loodheramaun

MLA

“loodheramaun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loodheramaun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loodheramaun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loodheramaun.

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