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shirking
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Shirking
(gcide) | Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark,
v. t.]
1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean
solicitation.
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You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . .
that shirk living from others, but time from
Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow.
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2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying
unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
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The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk
difficulties. --Hare.
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shirking
(wn) | shirking
n 1: the evasion of work or duty [syn: shirking, slacking,
soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking] |
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Shirking
(gcide) | Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark,
v. t.]
1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean
solicitation.
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You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . .
that shirk living from others, but time from
Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow.
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2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying
unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
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The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk
difficulties. --Hare.
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