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
That always means a Man, of course—he's a smart Man, the shirker!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 by Various
