shirker

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
  • Beavis and Butt-Head season 3 The iconic ’90s slackers are back.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So far in September, Russian forces conducted two major airstrikes of 500 airborne weapons, with 2,147 drones dispatched in total.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 31 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 15 over the Black Sea, two over Crimea and two over Krasnodar Krai, the Black Sea region in which Sochi is located.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Place a piece of 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard or thin plywood on the garden surface to attract slugs, then check under it every morning.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Except this time Boyd witnessed Chapman slug the fastball 400 feet to left-center field for a two-run home run.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Shirker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shirker. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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