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malingerer

Variant of malinger

intransitive verb

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

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

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malingerer noun

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