shirker

English

Etymology

shirk +‎ -er

Noun

shirker (plural shirkers)

One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
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

goldbrick (dated)
slacker

Translations

Someone who shirks

Bulgarian: кръшкач m (krǎškač)
Catalan: emboscat m
Dutch: uitslover (nl),
German: Drückeberger (de) m, Verpisser m
Italian: sfaticato (it) m
Maori: karioi, kaikaro
Spanish: embuscado m, candongo

Someone who is lazy

Bulgarian: мързеливец (bg) m (mǎrzelivec)
Dutch: luiaard (nl),
German: Faulpelz (de) m, Faulenzer (de) m
Italian: pigrone m
Maori: inukorokoro, karioi, ringa mākohakoha
Plautdietsch: Schlosäwendoot m
Spanish: remolón (es)

See also

malingerer

Anagrams

Krisher

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