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

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

At Lord's Sachin Tendulkar, no shirker, never took his pads off throughout India's final training session.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011

It was at once fashionable to be a "slacker" or "shirker", and the unfortunate mistress who was told off to superintend the playground during eleven o'clock "break" had a bad time of it.

From Loyal to the School by Brazil, Angela