Both Uses of
shirk
in
The Call of the Wild
- This was the pride that bore up Spitz and made him thrash the sled-dogs who blundered and shirked in the traces or hid away at harness-up time in the morning.
p. 59.8 *shirked = avoided duty
- He came between him and the shirks he should have punished.
p. 59.9shirks = those who avoid duty
Definition:
to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility