The Only Use
malinger
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Gone with the Wind
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- Johnnie told me that any time a malingerer wanted to get out of work he told you he was sick and you gave him a day off.†
Chpt 5.51malingerer = someone who avoids responsibilities and duties by pretending to be ill
Definitions:
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(1)
(malinger) avoid responsibilities and duties -- often by pretending to be ill
or (more rarely): to be slow - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)