Both Uses
shirk
in
Animal Farm
(Edited)
- Nobody shirked — or almost nobody.
p. 29.9shirked = didn't do their work
- He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones's time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra work either.
p. 30.5 *shirking = not doing a duty
Definitions:
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(1)
(shirk) to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)