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malinger definition

ma·lin·ger (mə liŋ′gər)

intransitive verb

to pretend to be ill or otherwise incapacitated in order to escape duty or work; shirk

Etymology: < Fr malingre, sickly, infirm < mal, bad (see mal-) + ? OFr heingre, lean, haggard

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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