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Shirker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
  2. 2
    a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) wordnet
  3. 3
    One who is lazy.

    "the shirkers in the family complain when she gets them chopping up wood for a few hours in the woodshed"

Etymology

From shirk + -er.

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