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shirker

noun as in slacker

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They have been eager to add work provisions to safety-net programs, reviving the old trope that the poor are lazy or shirkers living off the dole, which couldn't be further from the truth.

From Salon

The perception that Medicaid is saturated with lazy shirkers is false.

Cookie shirkers of the world, unite: Together, we can face unafraid the plans that we’ve made.

"Rather than blanket mandates or unhelpful language about shirkers getting back to the office, employers have sensible conversations with the staff about how that return will happen," he added.

From BBC

Distrust "government," which taxes workers to support shirkers, illegal immigrants and high-living seniors depriving later generations of their future.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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