lead swinger

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lead swinger

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From lead + swinger.

* A pre-First World War nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, later adopted by Canadian soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties.

noun lead swingers

derogatory A person who "swings the lead" And indeed, malingerers and "lead-swingers" (a prewar nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, adopted by soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties) were mixed among the truly sick. There was a whole bunch of us - various complaints - some real but most of them "lead swingers," trying to
Similar: shirker, malinger, goldbricker

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@misc{lead_swinger_2026,
  title = {lead swinger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lead%20swinger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}