Definition of Shirks

1. Verb. (third-person singular of shirk) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shirks

1. shirk [v] - See also: shirk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shirks

shiranui-gata
shire
shire horse
shire horses
shire town
shired
shireman
shiremen
shires
shiring
shirk
shirked
shirker
shirkers
shirking
shirks (current term)
shirky
shirl
shirley
shirokshinite
shirozulite
shirr
shirra
shirras
shirred
shirred egg
shirring
shirrings
shirrs
shirs

Literary usage of Shirks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Female Filosofy: Fished Out and Fried by Feelix Feeler, L. E. Keith (1894)
"By ' no shirks' he means compulsory voting. It must not be overlooked that some abstain from conscientious reasons, and others because in some elections the ..."

2. The Economy of Capital: Or Gold and Trade by Robert Hogarth Patterson (1865)
"... they cannot shake it off, they had much better buy it oft When a powerful corporation like the Bank of England thus shirks the duty of providing for the ..."

3. Ole Mars An' Ole Miss by Edmund K. Goldsborough (1900)
"... wha' shirks [sharks] is? "Aunt Tillie, is de 'bate commence ?" "No, indeed, honey, but you almos' late fuh,de feas' —dar's resins, ammons an' dates lef' ..."

4. Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1853)
"... while the champion of "Woman's Rights" always shirks the decisions of St. Paul, seemingly inclined to reject his authority, and even deny the truth of ..."

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