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n. One who shirks a duty or responsibility.

n. One who is lazy.

n. One who shirks.

n. One who shirks duty or danger.

n. a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

"Instead, they should be calling him the worst kind of shirker, someone so un-American maybe Congresswoman Bachmann should be investigating him."

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