shirker

[ shur-ker ]

/ ˈʃɜr kər /

a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.

Origin of shirker

First recorded in 1790–1800; shirk + -er¹

Insist that you are no shirker, no coward, that you are brave even to daring.

The Victorious Attitude |Orison Swett Marden
She was about to set Portia hastily down in her mind as on the order of a shirker.

Marjorie Dean College Freshman |Pauline Lester
She is a slacker and a shirker, who keeps much in the background during the breeding season.

What Bird is That? |Frank M. Chapman
No soldier is a loyal soldier who is a knocker or a grumbler or a shirker.

Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army |War Department.

It would have been a condemnation of you if any one of us had been a shirker.

Carry On |Coningsby Dawson