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
He was degenerating into a shirker, a destroyer, a money-maniac, a complainer of other men’s successes.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
