Does it matter that the odd layabout finds himself locked up (for up to a year, in theory) for a puff of cannabis?

ECONOMIST: France

Then, after 12 weeks' of hammering and chiselling, Kayes will witness Hatton contest the fight of his life before watching him slip into the layabout routine which has become his custom.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

Yvonne, who is pregnant and dreams of a better life for her child, drains away the hours watching B-Westerns in an all-night grind house while her layabout boyfriend, Homer, goes out to drink and gamble.

NEWYORKER: The Exiles

In particular, at the crucial flashback when Willy's teenage son Biff (Andrew Garfield) discovers his father's marital infidelity, the shock and disillusionment are supposed to explain the long-held mystery of why he turned from a star athlete into an aimless layabout.

ECONOMIST: Arthur Miller��s classic play feels more relevant than ever