attributive as adj. Characterized by wearing kid gloves; dainty or delicate in action or operation; avoiding real exertion or everyday work; free…

That malingers.

Of a person: that shirks; that avoids his or her work or responsibilities.

Of a person: overly concerned with looking at a clock to check the time, esp. in anticipation of stopping work; (of an employee) overly keen not to…

Characterized by or given to shirking.

to swing the lead: to idle, to shirk; to malinger. slang. Hence in similar phrases and in combinations, as lead-swing n. v.intransitive., lead-swinger…

That skives off from work or school, or shirks a duty, esp. habitually. Cf. skiver, n.3