shirker
English
Etymology
Noun
shirker (plural shirkers)
- One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
- Synonym: derelict
- 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
Translations
Someone who shirks
Someone who is lazy