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

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

Patriotism is a ray of inner light, and may never even come to a glow of carnal courage; on the other hand, it is the greatest mistake to impute cowardice to the shirker.

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)