Definitions
Etymologies
- to shirk + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Instead, they should be calling him the worst kind of shirker, someone so un-American maybe Congresswoman Bachmann should be investigating him.”
“Whatever may be said henceforward of these "golden lads" of ours, "shirker" and "loafer" they can never be called again.”
“He was the typical "shirker" and "loafer," while other men worked; the parasite bred from the sweat of the poor; the soft, effeminate creature who had never faced the facts of life and never would.”
“Also, the author of the majority opinion is not exactly known as a shirker on such issues, and she apparently didn’t see any point in bringing it up.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » When One Federal Agency Sues Another:
“Whatever may be said henceforward of these "golden lads" of ours, "shirker" and "loafer" they can never he called again.”
The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend
“He did; and he always said that Michael Pendean was a 'shirker' and”
“He was soft-spoken and earnest, and not a pacifist or a shirker.”
“A music teacher in rural Wisconsin, my cousin Becky can hardly be mistaken for a shirker or a cheat.”
The Huffington Post: Hans Johnson: The Bullying Style in American Politics
“Like a shirker slipping into a nickelodeon in the middle of the afternoon, he could sneak in whenever he felt like it.”
“Pretty soon, you'll be working in a happier place and feeling less like a shirker and more like a leader.3.”
USA Today: Don't spend all your time at the office. Take a break.
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘shirker’.
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I Can't Be Bothered Thinking Of A Lis...
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inefficiency, multislacking, cba syndrome, listless, demotivated, shirker, lazybones, half-hearted, goldbricker, scrimshanker, zuzzurellone, apath and 2 more...
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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avenue, viscous, zeroth, usher, scarcely, viability, snout, sole, purify, riotous, menace, moist and 364 more...
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Odyssey Vocab
assuage, dissemble, lithe, incredulity, swineherd, shirker, maudlin
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