"Shirker" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... contemptuous names. I saw him watching the clubs and the paper and speculating on the age of the man, whose legs were, I admit, noticeably young, and he drew my attention to him too—by nudges and whispers. Obviously this was a shirker. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 24, 1917 • Various
... him as a maker of phrases, and said that, if he were talking of compasses, it was very clear that he had lost his: and they gave themselves the pleasure of indulging in a little friendly contempt at his expense. In their eyes an artist was a shirker who contrived to work as little and as agreeably ...
— Jean-Christophe Journey's End • Romain Rolland |
