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Meanings of malinger in English

Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill.

Usage of malinger in English
1
Well, don't malinger here all day; get in there and don't take for ever about it.
Surface detail
2
One, of course, can readily see with what facility an individual of the type under discussion could malinger mental symptoms.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
3
Nor did Eurylochus malinger by the hull;
The Odyssey
4
To shirk or malinger on the man who paid me my wages was a sin, first, against myself, and second, against him.
War of the Classes
5
She straightened up, apparently satisfied that Alva was dead and not just malingering.
The Slab
6
He and the conch are malingering in the sick shed.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
7
You could have written your own, but you were malingering.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
8
We chiseled, stole, malingered, goldbricked, and generally made ourselves as comfortable as we could.
Once there was a war
9
Five or six are malingering inside this second barn.
The Neutronium Alchemist
10
They malingered, got in the way, delayed, and doubted the work of Kit and Shorty.
Smoke Bellew
11
This brings us to the subject of malingering proper.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
12
And, God forgive me, when he 'went sick' this morning I half thought he was malingering.
The Great Amulet
13
What are you sick about, you malingering dog?
For the Term of His Natural Life
14
Malingering in those apparently normal mentally; and
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
15
It was palpable malingering; but he was there, he decided, not to change conditions, but to observe.
The Strength of the Strong
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This man unquestionably suffered from a psychosis, and yet there is likewise no doubt that he malingered.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
Malinger through the time