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shirkers

shirkers is the plural of shirker.

Meaning of shirker

Noun

shirker (plural shirkers)

  1. One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
    Synonyms:
    derelict
  2. One who is lazy.
    • the shirkers in the family complain when she gets them chopping up wood for a few hours in the woodshed2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 353

Questions about shirkers

What is shirkers the plural of?
Shirkers is the plural of shirker.

Words near shirkers in the dictionary

  1. shiring
  2. shiritori
  3. shirk
  4. shirked
  5. shirker
  6. shirkers
  7. shirkest
  8. shirketh
  9. Shirkey
  10. Shirkeys
  11. shirking

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