Both Uses of
shirk
in
Animal Farm
- 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
Definition:
to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility