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shirker

[shur-ker] / ˈʃɜr kər /


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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

She is a slacker and a shirker, who keeps much in the background during the breeding season.

From What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season by Chapman, Frank M.




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