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Postby Bailey » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:05 am

ma·lin·ger (m-lnggr)
intr.v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.



[From French malingre, sickly.]
ma·linger·er n.

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the word just sounds like hanging out in a bad place.

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Postby Perry » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:44 am

Sherlock Holmes had turned malingering into an artform in order to fool his enemies into a false sense of security.
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