as in lingerer
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship
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Noun
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Boomers saw Gen Xers, that’s me, as cynical slackers.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
30 Dec. 2025 -
This film is set days after Christmas and follows three slacker friends who are hired to transport a troubled teen across the country.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The drones targeted the power grid, which Russia has repeatedly bombarded during the coldest winter in years, and also hit five apartment blocks, officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Drugs, weapons, and cell phones enter facilities through drones, perimeter breaches, staff misconduct, and inadequate search procedures.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Its gritty texture helps repel pests like slugs and snails from your garden.—
Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano,
The Spruce,
25 Jan. 2026
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Garden snakes have important roles in your landscape, eating insects and invertebrates such as slugs and providing food for birds of prey such as hawks and owls.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Shirker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shirker. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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