Crossword-Solution: MALINGERER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Malingerer | n. | In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability. |
We have 35 clues for the answer “MALINGERER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | 1 answer |
| Person feigning illness | 1 answer |
| WORK-shy person | 2 answers |
| Shirker of duty | 3 answers |
| Time-waster | 4 answers |
| skiver | 7 answers |
| DISLOYAL person | 17 answers |
| ABSENTEE ___ | 17 answers |
| dole bludger | 22 answers |
| BLUDGER | 23 answers |
| Sluggard | 25 answers |
| Milksop | 29 answers |
| slouch | 31 answers |
| Wastrel | 34 answers |
| Goldbrick | 38 answers |
| Layabout | 38 answers |
| slacker | 42 answers |
| truant | 43 answers |
| Lounger. | 43 answers |
| shirker | 43 answers |
| Evader. | 44 answers |
| Drone | 46 answers |
| Quitter | 46 answers |
| Lazybones | 47 answers |
| coward | 47 answers |
| Idler | 50 answers |
| Deserter | 52 answers |
| Imposter | 53 answers |
| Loafer | 54 answers |
| Laggard | 54 answers |
| recreant | 56 answers |
| Sneak ___ | 56 answers |
| Runaway | 59 answers |
| Chicken | 72 answers |
| Bum | 74 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MALINGERER (5)
The resources of the professional malingerer are exceedingly varied, and testify to no small amount of cunning.
The movements of the digits are quite different from those attending any other disease, impossible to imitate even by the most skilful malingerer, and, if once seen, are not likely to be forgotten.
There was very little getting round him, for he seemed to know by instinct exactly when and where to head off a malingerer; but he did not forget that the difference between a dazed and sulky junior of the upper school and a bewildered, browbeaten lump of a private fresh from the depot was very small indeed.
THE MALINGERER Exempt! She "does not have to work!" So might one talk Defending long, bedridden ease, Weak yielding ankles, flaccid knees, With, "I don't have to walk!" Not have to work.
The shirk, the duffer, the malingerer, the coward, the weakling, may be put out of countenance by his own failures and frauds; but the man who does evil skilfully, energetically, masterfully, grows prouder and bolder at every crime.
Quotes with MALINGERER (1)
The last time I’d been unwell, suicidally depressed, whatever you want to call it, the reactions of my friends and family had fallen into several different camps: The Let’s Laugh It Off merchants: Claire was the leading light. They hoped that joking about my state of mind would reduce it to a manageable size. Most likely to say, ‘Feeling any mad urges to fling yourself into the sea?’The Depression Deniers: they were the ones who took the position that since there was no such …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2023).