shirker
Example Sentences
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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
Boast, he barks an' growls loud; But Bulger, he hain't no shirker.
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Thomas Washington Talley
