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slack·er    Audio Help   [slak-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker.
2.a person who evades military service.
3.an esp. educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.
[Origin: 1790–1800; slack1 + -er1; def. 3 popularized by the film Slackers (1991)]

—Synonyms 1. malingerer, dodger, laggard.
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Main Entry:  slacker
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  dawdler, goldbrick, goof-off, idler, laggard, loafer, looser, shirker, sluggard
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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