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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : skuhlk |
Phonetic Transcription : skʌlk |
Definition of skulker
Origin :- c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian skulke "to shirk, malinger," Danish skulke "to spare oneself, shirk," Swedish skolka "to shirk, skulk, slink, play truant." Common in Middle English but lacking in 15c.-16c. records; possibly reborrowed 17c. Related: Skulked; skulking; skulker; skulkery.
- As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
- Have I told you that I thought him a skulker, a coward hiding to escape warfare?
- Extract from : « Fernley House » by Laura E. Richards
- Milo was there, and Milo would see to it that no skulker declined his queen's command.
- Extract from : « The Pirate Woman » by Aylward Edward Dingle
- After all, this skulker had more cause to be afraid of me than I of him.
- Extract from : « The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Goodloe, what was the exact story about that skulker of a thief on the cross?
- Extract from : « The Heart's Kingdom » by Maria Thompson Daviess
- But if the intended victim, suspicious, should get unseen into the creek bed, the skulker could hardly avoid a fight.
- Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman
- No skulker had a chance of escape from his sharp eye, but, on the other hand, no hard-working servant was overlooked.
- Extract from : « Chasing the Sun » by R.M. Ballantyne
- He loathed a skulker, and his face was known for any boy who would own to fatigue or confess himself beaten.
- Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
- No need to call the roll, a skulker would have been detected and kicked into the ranks at the instant.
- Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
- He did not personally know that the summer-house was occupied, but he argued it from the movements of the other skulker.
- Extract from : « The Code of the Mountains » by Charles Neville Buck
- If there be any skulker among us, blast my eyes if he shan't go down on his marrow bones and taste the liquor we have spilt!
- Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman
Synonyms for skulker
- alarmist
- baby
- caitiff
- chicken
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- craven
- cur
- dastard
- deserter
- faint-of-heart
- faintheart
- fraidy-cat
- funk
- gutless
- invertebrate
- jellyfish
- lily liver
- malingerer
- mouse
- pessimist
- poltroon
- quitter
- rabbit
- recreant
- scaredy cat
- shirk
- shirker
- skulker
- sneak
- weakling
- white liver
- wimp
- yellow
- yellow belly
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