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malingerer: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity

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welsher collapse

charlatan collapse

shirker collapse

slacker collapse: a person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

bungler collapse: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

procrastinator collapse: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)

pretender collapse: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

clock watcher collapse: a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

poseur collapse: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

trifler collapse: one who behaves lightly or not seriously

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

quack collapse: the harsh sound of a duck; an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice; act as a medical quack or a charlatan; utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"

mountebank collapse: a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

truant collapse: one who is absent from school without permission; absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

ringer collapse: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg; a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses; a person who is almost identical to another

impostor collapse

idler collapse: person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

impersonator collapse: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

poser collapse: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

slut collapse

soldier collapse: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony; an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"; serve as a soldier in the military

goldbrick collapse: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless; a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not; an idle worthless person; a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

goof off collapse

dodger collapse: a shifty deceptive person

derelict collapse: a person unable to support himself; failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

humbug collapse: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive; trick or deceive

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