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Avoid dealing with
Answer for the clue "Avoid dealing with ", 8 letters:
shirking
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Word definitions for shirking in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the evasion of work or duty [syn: slacking , soldiering , goofing off , goldbricking ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking .] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark , v. t.] To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of one who shirks. vb. (present participle of shirk English)
Usage examples of shirking.
Including complaining that Brekke was shirking or stinting this or that.
I'll deal severely with anyone shirking their duties or, " She broke off.
I'll deal severely with anyone shirking their duties or -- " She broke off.
He neglected his duty--kept dodging it, shirking it, putting it off, and his unrelenting conscience kept persecuting him for this conduct.
They could not content that spirit by shirking a soldier's duty, could they?