shirker
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shirker (plural shirkers)
- One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
- One who is lazy.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 353:
- the shirkers in the family complain when she gets them chopping up wood for a few hours in the woodshed
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Someone who shirks
Someone who is lazy
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