shirker

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Shirker, who has about as much warmth as an eel, made up to Polly years and years ago, and was no bad match for a briefless barrister, as he was then.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The marriage trailed on year after year, while Mr. Serjeant Shirker grew to be the famous lawyer he is.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Well, Shirker was just as proud of his prudence—just as thankful for his own meanness, and of course would not marry without a competency.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Coward, poltroon, shaker, squeamer, Blockhead, sluggard, dullard, dreamer, Shirker, shuffler, crawler, creeper, Sniffler, snuffler, wailer, weeper, Earthworm, maggot, tadpole, weevil!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Messrs. Spraggon, Sponge, Slapp, Quilter, Rasper, Crasher, Smasher, and some half-dozen more, bustled after Bragg; while the worthy master Mr. Puffington, Lumpleg, Washball, Crane, Guano, Shirker, and very many others, came pounding along the lane.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith