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Faineant :: Faineant (a.) Doing nothing; shiftless.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails..

Mucker :: Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts..

Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Go-by :: Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by..

Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler..

Variable :: Variable (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..

Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..

Subterrane :: Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise..

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

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