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
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
Should we not be willing to do our part to get these things, or must we be a sponger, a coward, or shirker and let our fellow man do all?
From Citizenship A Manual for Voters by Cromwell, Emma Guy
