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Meanings of shiftless in English

Shiftless.

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Usage of shiftless in English
1
There was a queer light in the eyes of the shiftless one.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
2
Henry and the shiftless one looked each other squarely in the face.
The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
3
The shiftless one swung his rifle butt, and the dog fell unconscious.
The Scouts of the Valley
4
His ear was to the earth, and the shiftless one imitated him.
The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississipp...
5
The shiftless one drew a long breath of mingled welcome and approval.
The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississipp...
6
The great majority of Negroes are unskilled laborers of a shiftless disposition.
Problems in American Democracy
7
Of all the careless, shiftless creatures, these coloured people are the worst.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories
8
He was shiftless and lazy, but he had a code of honor.
Half a Rogue
9
This Franz Anton was a strange mixture of stalwart and shiftless qualities.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
10
It was a ramshackle, two-story affair with shiftless tenants and ragged children.
The Making of an American
11
They are all three of them too shiftless to do any work.
The High School Boys' Training Hike
12
These shiftless people here at home have every chance to live decently.
Calvary Alley
13
Look at your own people-poorwhite trash-howlazy and shiftless they are.
Poor White: A Novel
14
Paul, the shiftless one, the silent one, and Long Jim were there.
The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness
15
I'm ashamed to remember that I said he was a shiftless wastrel.
The Girl from Keller's
16
They do careless, indifferent, shiftless, reckless work, and then demand a living-wage.
The Warriors
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Shiftless across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common