shirkers

noun

plural of shirker
as in slackers
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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  1. slackers
  2. lingerers
  3. drones
  4. slugs
Noun
  • Each, in their way, is ambitious — no room for slackers here!
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Presumably, future episodes will continue to offer various one-off installments set in the show’s original status quo, when Mordecai and Rigby were just young slackers trying to avoid work.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
Definition of slackers
Noun
  • Nakamura designs for lingerers.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of lingerers
Noun
  • Living under the drones In El-Obeid and across Sudan, residents say the sound of drones overhead has become part of daily life.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Those who fly drones into restricted airspace face fines of up to $100,000 (around £74,000), confiscation of equipment and criminal charges, according to the FBI.
    — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of drones
Noun
  • Larger pests, like slugs, are best controlled with hand-picking or by companion planting petunias with plants that naturally deter pests.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
  • There are over 2,000 species of terrestrial and marine slugs (including nudibranchs, sea hares, and the out-of-this-world Elysia chlorotica).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
Definition of slugs
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