shirker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shirker
Example Sentences
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He is the savior and the sage instead of the selfish shirker.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2016
I remember how my lottery draft number was "356" and, at the time, everyone saw me as fortunate rather than a shirker or coward...
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2016
This shirker, this ingrate, had taken the money and run.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2014
At Lord's Sachin Tendulkar, no shirker, never took his pads off throughout India's final training session.
From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011
No, he was not a shirker, as you thought.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 by Various
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