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    [Verb]  | "shirk" | \ ˈshərk \


    1: to go stealthily : sneak

    2: to evade the performance of an obligation

    3: avoid, evade


    Origin: 1681 ;

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    [Noun]  | "shirker" 


    1: one who deliberately avoids work or duty;


      * e.g., " ... even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship "



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    [Verb]  | "shirk" 


    1: to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery;


      * e.g., " ... you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you forgot your wallet "





    2: to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness;


      * e.g., " ... a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years "



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    3: to move about in a sly or secret manner;


      * e.g., " ... given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies "



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     [ "shirker" ]

    1: A shirker someone who avoids something, especially work:

      * e.g.,  ... We have no room for shirkers in this office. 

     [ "Shirker" ]

    1: A 'Shirker' is someone who doesn't do much work or none at all. To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).

      * e.g.,  ... That boy does little work, he is a Shirker. 

     [ "Shirker Bandit" ]

    1: Traditionally when some not only gets out work but then lays it on you - a good old flim-flam man. It now extends to any masterof the jiggery pokery, who shirks work and then does a runner leaving you to pick up the pieces. They are sharp tools.

      * e.g.,  ... Ross: Hey Sharman, don't you need to finish the GAS brief? 

     [ "Bedraggled Shirker" ]

    1: An unkept lazy worker that spends more energy trying to avoid work than producing anything productive. They often have a soul patch, don't iron their clothes and eat more then they work. Prone to outbreaks of lip herpies and other STI's that have have no issues with spreading to the general populce. If you have one in your workplace it is advised that you bring your own cutlery.

      * e.g.,  ... Jesus you bedraggled shirker do you have the lip herpies again.. please do some work around here and have some respect for you appearence you are looking like an unkept yeti. 

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