workshy
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Lety was originally established by the Czechoslovak government two weeks before the Nazi occupation in March 1939, as a labour camp for "workshy citizens".
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2022
His aspirational character was in direct contrast to that of his friend, Terry Collier, the workshy, cynical figure played by James Bolam.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2017
But at the same time it painted the city in the national imagination as home to workshy, benefit-cheating dossers.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2016
Addressing accusations of being workshy that have dogged him and his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, this year, Harry said that he did not get satisfaction from doing nothing.
From The Guardian • May 8, 2016
It tells of a workshy writer, inclined towards paranoia, who discovers that there is a Victorian man living in the walls of his flat conversion.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2013
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