the shirkers in the family complain when she gets them chopping up wood for a few hours in the woodshed
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Shirker
Synonyms for "shirker" (53 found)
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28 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- кръшкач noun (Someone who shirks)
- мързеливец noun (Someone who is lazy)
Catalan
1 entries- emboscat noun (Someone who shirks)
Dutch
2 entries- luiaard noun (Someone who is lazy)
- uitslover noun (Someone who shirks)
German
4 entries- Drückeberger noun (Someone who shirks)
- Faulenzer noun (Someone who is lazy)
- Faulpelz noun (Someone who is lazy)
- Verpisser noun (Someone who shirks)
Indonesian
1 entries- pembolos noun (Someone who shirks)
Italian
2 entries- pigrone noun (Someone who is lazy)
- sfaticato noun (Someone who shirks)
Marathi
1 entries- कामचोर noun (Someone who shirks)
Māori
4 entries- inukorokoro noun (Someone who is lazy)
- kaikaro noun (Someone who shirks)
- karioi noun (Someone who shirks)
- karioi noun (Someone who is lazy)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlosäwendoot noun (Someone who is lazy)
Polish
4 entries- bumelant noun (Someone who shirks)
- bumelant noun (Someone who is lazy)
- bumelantka noun (Someone who shirks)
- bumelantka noun (Someone who is lazy)
Spanish
3 entries- candongo noun (Someone who shirks)
- embuscado noun (Someone who shirks)
- remolón noun (Someone who is lazy)
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