(Ireland) One who will not do his work or shoulder his responsibilities.
(Ireland) One who will not do his work or shoulder his responsibilities.
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A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
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(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory) A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.
(by extension) A treacherous person.
(UK, dialectal) An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.
(Ireland, slang) A mean or contemptible person.
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