† lounderern.
Obsolete.
A skulker.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who
skulkc1320
loundererc1425
old soldier1722
malingerer1785
skulker1785
shirker1799
shirk1818
slink1824
schemer1843
sconcer1843
scrimshanker1882
scrimshank1886
sooner1892
Weary Willie1896
slacker1898
slackster1901
sugarer1904
work-shy1904
gold brick1905
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
lead-swinger1917
piker1917
gold-bricker1919
slinker1919
poler1938
skiver1941
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. viii. 740 Thai mycht..That lordschipe wyn in herytage, For to leve it fayntly, And lyve as lowndreris cayttevely.
1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. Aviijv Lousengers & lounderers ar wrongfully made & named heremites.
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