lead-swinger
noun British informal
A person who shirks their duty; an idler.A member of the public condemned what he called the lead-swingers of the council....
- When I hear about panic attacks, I immediately think: lead swinger.
- If I had stayed in the orderly room much longer, I should have become a lead-swinger too.
Origin
Early 20th century: from the phrase swing the lead.
- ungird
- ungiving
- unglamorous
- unglazed
- ungloved
- unglued
- ungodliness
- ungodly
- ungovernability
- ungovernable
- ungovernably
- ungoverned
- ungraceful
- ungracefully
- ungracefulness
- ungracious
- ungraciously
- ungraciousness
- ungraded
- ungrammatical
- ungrammaticality
- ungrammatically
- ungrammaticalness
- ungraspable
- ungrateful