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Feign Sickness To Avoid Work Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

38%7 Feigns sickness to avoid work
verb

• remain present although waning or gradually dying

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

28%8 Frequently done to avoid sickness
verb

• wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine

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