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n. Plural form of shirker.

"He told the Times Review that the incident was a major embarrassment for the industry, which was caused by inadequate enforcement of existing rules that allowed a few "shirkers" to get away with shoddy practices."

shirker    moujik    time-servers    saunterer    ex-partner