All 5 Uses of
malinger
in
Walk Two Moons
- "I'm sick. Honest," she said. "It might be cancer."
"Phoebe, I know you're worried, but there's nothing we can do but wait. We have to go on with things. We can't malinger."p. 124.2 *malinger = avoid responsibilities by pretending to be sick
- "We can't what?" Phoebe said.
"Malinger."p. 124.2
- She looked up malinger and read the definition: "To pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work."
p. 124.4
- I am not malingering.
p. 124.5malingering = avoiding responsibilities by pretending to be sick
- Usually Mr. Birkway would let people go to the bathroom or to the nurse, but this time he said, "Let's not malinger!"
p. 188.4malinger = avoid responsibilities
Definition:
avoid responsibilities and duties -- often by pretending to be ill
or (more rarely): to be slow
or (more rarely): to be slow