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Synonyms for skulker

Grammar : Noun
Spell : skuhlk
Phonetic Transcription : skÊŒlk

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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