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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A feigning of illness, especially by a soldier or sailor, in order to shirk work or duty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.

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