All 5 Uses of
malinger
in
The Call of the Wild
- When he saw Pike, one of the new dogs, a clever malingerer and thief, slyly steal a slice of bacon when Perrault's back was turned, he duplicated the performance the following day, getting away with the whole chunk.
Chpt 2malingerer = someone who avoids responsibilities by pretending to be sick
- Pike, the malingerer, leaped upon the crippled animal, breaking its neck with a quick flash of teeth and a jerk, Buck got a frothing adversary by the throat, and was sprayed with blood when his teeth sank through the jugular.
Chpt 3
- One night there was a heavy snowfall, and in the morning Pike, the malingerer, did not appear.
Chpt 3
- Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully feigned a hurt leg, was now limping in earnest.
Chpt 5 *
- On the next day Koona went, and but five of them remained: Joe, too far gone to be malignant; Pike, crippled and limping, only half conscious and not conscious enough longer to malinger; Sol-leks, the one-eyed, still faithful to the toil of trace and trail, and mournful in that he had so little strength with which to pull; Teek, who had not travelled so far that winter and who was now beaten more than the others because he was fresher; and Buck, still at the head of the team, but no…†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(malinger) avoid responsibilities and duties -- often by pretending to be ill
or (more rarely): to be slow