shirker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shirker
Example Sentences
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In the car, it is a navigator, a radio, a nagging distractor and a ready accessory to manslaughter; at work, it is both a vigilant assistant and an eager fellow shirker.
From New York Times • May 16, 2018
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
Prior is no shirker but the mind forgot to inform his body of the wisdom of staying behind the white line.
From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2011
He was to work hard always at any job he could find for any wages he could get, and if he didn't he was a "drunken shirker" and the dupe of "paid agitators."
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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