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shirker

[shur-ker] / ˈʃɜr kər /


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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

This shirker, this ingrate, had taken the money and run.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2014

He will still spot a good player and a shirker.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2011

Nor was there a shirker among the men—and all because the leader was Forrest.

From A Little Union Scout by George Gibbs


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