Both Uses of
shirk
in
The Time Machine
- And on both these days I had the restless feeling of one who shirks an inevitable duty.†
Chpt 6 *
- But next morning I perceived clearly enough that my curiosity regarding the Palace of Green Porcelain was a piece of self-deception, to enable me to shirk, by another day, an experience I dreaded.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(shirk) to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility