Hyphenation of shirker

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word shirker? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

shirk-er

Definitions of shirker:

1.	A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

Synonyms of shirker:

noun	slacker, idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum

Last hyphenations of this language

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