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

Probably the brother is a shirker or a conscientious objector," she thought, "and to such a patriotic girl as Chrissie it must be a dreadful trial.

From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol