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
He will still spot a good player and a shirker.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2011
He was what the people called a shirker.
From All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War by Hocking, Joseph
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
