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Meanings of as shiftless in English

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Usage of as shiftless in English
1
I was just as shiftless and no-account as they were.
Way Station
2
That walking up and down is about as shiftless a business as ever you undertook.
Janet's Love and Service
3
Its workers were mocked as shiftless shovel leaners.
American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
4
While classing themselves as farmers, the Smiths were regarded by their neighbors as shiftless and untrustworthy.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
5
Joseph Smith was a shiftless, idle, jovial fellow, one of a large family as shiftless and idle as himself.
This Country of Ours
6
There are two men as shiftless and helpless as babes to attend to, and none to help me but old Hanne.
The Red Axe
7
When his horses died he bought more, keeping always open house for a colony of men as shiftless and as easy-going as himself.
The Hippodrome
8
But Jerry's companionship was doing him no good, and it seemed likely that eventually he would become quite as shiftless as Jerry himself.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
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