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| ma·lin·ger [ mə líng gər ] (past and past participle ma·lin·gered, present participle ma·lin·ger·ing, 3rd person present singular ma·lin·gers) |
intransitive verb |
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feign illness: to pretend to be ill, especially in order to avoid work
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| [Late 18th century. < French malingre "sickly"] |
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 ma·lin·ger·er noun |
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