sugarern.
/ˈʃʊɡərə/ slang.
One who shirks, spec. at rowing. Cf. sugar v. 4.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who
skulkc1320
loundererc1425
old soldier1722
malingerer1785
skulker1785
shirker1799
shirk1818
slink1824
schemer1843
sconcer1843
scrimshanker1882
scrimshank1886
sooner1892
Weary Willie1896
slacker1898
slackster1901
sugarer1904
work-shy1904
gold brick1905
tired Tim (also Timothy)1906
lead-swinger1917
piker1917
gold-bricker1919
slinker1919
poler1938
skiver1941
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > types of rowing race > specific type of crew member
passenger1852
bumper1887
sugarer1904
1904 W. G. East Rowing & Sculling 20 A sugarer, a man who, whilst rowing correctly, avoids putting in a full share of work.
1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xviii. 171 It was necessary to be neither a funk nor a sugarer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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