shirker

noun

Definition of shirkernext
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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  1. slacker
  2. drone
  3. slug
Noun
  • The birth of Spencer’s The first generation of shoppers to get hooked on Spencer’s weren’t the mallrat slackers of Gen-X or even the forever youthful Baby Boomers.
    Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Across four studio albums, the 25-year-old indie-rocker has cultivated an image as the world’s highest-achieving slacker, a small-town guy whose passion for drinkin’ belies a sneaky perceptiveness and a wry, unexpectedly bleak sense of humor.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of slacker
Noun
  • Officers also interviewed potential witnesses and the department deployed drones, canine units, scuba divers and planes to canvas the area, Tisch said.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The drones are already equipped with ballistic fire controls and automatic targeting algorithms, but these systems may need improving.
    David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of drone
Noun
  • Studying the creature’s body physiology, habitat, and genome showed that this is no ordinary slug.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Clutch hits can elude them while singles have supplanted slug as their standard operating procedure.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of slug
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