light in the loafers
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Men of my group are either married or, as S.P. would say, ‘light in the loafers.’ Homosexuals, you'd call them."
- "You'll make a nice living; and maybe when you're sixty you'll marry a nice guy, a little light in the loafers maybe, but you'll still be pure by then; and you'll do the grand-lady bit, and he’ll be your escort."
- "“What about Father Jim and Mr. Gary?” Mary Lane said, passing by me, “They are light in the loafers together.”"
Etymology
US, 1967.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more light in the loafers (comparative)
most light in the loafers (superlative)
light in the sneakers (alternative)