All 3 Uses of
shirk
in
1984, by Orwell
- 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
Definition:
to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility