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Meanings of
malingerer
in English
Catalan
escaquejat
Spanish
simulador
Back to the meaning
Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity.
skulker
shammer
Catalan
escaquejat
Usage of
malingerer
in English
1
Thoroughly squelched, the
malingerer
flushed, mumbled an apology and held out his hand.
2
I am not a lunatic, not a
malingerer
,
but a demon?
3
Pemberton is no
malingerer
,
Pemberton said as Serena slowly raised herself to a sitting position.
4
To some of them the neurotic patient was a swinger of the lead, a
malingerer
.
5
The fellow's a palpable
malingerer
,
and his being here makes it ever so much worse.
6
The Portugee cook, sick of fever- Ithinkhe's a blighted
malingerer
-
was
the
only creature there.
7
But when it came to facing the physical hardships of the North he was a
malingerer
.
8
Nor could I endure to be a
malingerer
.
9
The doctor said that she was undoubtedly a
malingerer
that just wanted a vacation at a hospital.
10
One night there was a heavy snowfall, and in the morning Pike, the
malingerer
,
did not appear.
11
The resources of the professional
malingerer
are exceedingly varied, and testify to no small amount of cunning.
12
I became, in fact, a chronic
malingerer
.
13
The order of the day was coöperation, team-work; in the grand advance she was no straggler, no
malingerer
.
14
As it was not in Peter to be a
malingerer
he was left in peace, while we picked apples.
15
When the last
malingerer
arrived with yawns still unfinished, Prissy seized upon a temporary hush and began to laugh.
16
Pike, the
malingerer
,
leaped upon the crippled animal, breaking its neck with a quick flash of teeth and a jerk.
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malingerer
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
blight malingerer
chronic malingerer
drunken malingerer
last malingerer
palpable malingerer
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Translations for
malingerer
Catalan
escaquejat
escacat
Spanish
simulador
remolón
absentista
Malingerer
through the time