slacker, shirker
(noun) a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shirker (plural shirkers)
One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
One who is lazy.
• goldbrick (dated)
Source: Wiktionary
Shirk"er, n.
Definition: One who shirks. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
