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
Prior is no shirker but the mind forgot to inform his body of the wisdom of staying behind the white line.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 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
