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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shirk  \Shirk\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shirked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shirking}.]  [Probably  the  same  word  as  shark.  See  {Shark}, 
  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  procure  by  petty  fraud  and  trickery;  to  obtain  by  mean 
  solicitation. 
 
  You  that  never  heard  the  call  of  any  vocation,  .  .  . 
  that  shirk  living  from  others  but  time  from 
  Yourselves.  --Bp.  Rainbow. 
 
  2.  To  avoid;  to  escape;  to  neglect;  --  implying 
  unfaithfulness  or  fraud;  as  to  shirk  duty. 
 
  The  usual  makeshift  by  which  they  try  to  shirk 
  difficulties.  --Hare. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shirking 
  n  :  the  evasion  of  work  or  duty  [syn:  {slacking},  {soldiering}, 
  {goofing  off},  {goldbricking}] 




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