[f. LOAF v.2 + -ING1.] The action of the vb. LOAF. Also attrib.
1838. [see LOAF v.].
1846. Simmond’s Colonial Mag., Sept. IX. 41. Practices of this kind come properly under the head of ‘loafing’ (living idly on other people), as defined in the American vocabulary.
1862. H. Kingsley, Ravenshoe, xli. Shoeblacks are compelled to a great deal of unavoidable ‘loafing.’
1864. Sala, in Daily Tel., 13 Oct., 5/5. There is a public bar, a public news-room, and a public loafing-hall.
1883. A. M. Gow, Primer of Politeness, 214. The trouble began with loafing; loafing led to blackguarding.
