“She was about to set Portia hastily down in her mind as on the order of a shirker.”

“Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker.”

“A chronic shirker may be ostracized by his colleagues, because by not pulling his weight, he has hurt everyone concerned.”

“He don't have time for those what don't care to work, and he'd sooner drown you than put up with idlers or shirkers.”

“In it, they are shown as shirkers and complainers, often sinning against their own God and His law.”

“Every yard has its boozers, shirkers, grumps, gamblers and cack-handed riders.”