All 3 Uses
shirk
in
1984, by Orwell
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- It was perhaps not more dangerous than shirking an evening at the center.†
p. 100.2 *shirking = avoiding
- His soul writhed with boredom, but for once he had had no impulse to shirk his evening at the center.†
p. 109.5shirk = avoid
- I always look cheerful and I never shirk anything.†
p. 122.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(shirk) to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)