Both Uses
shirk
in
Death and the King's Horseman
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- PRAISE-SINGER The gourd you bear is not for shirking.†
Chpt 1 *shirking = avoiding
- But this is one oath he cannot shirk.†
Chpt 5shirk = avoid
Definitions:
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(1)
(shirk) to avoid something -- such as a duty or responsibility
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)