"Malingerer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... he appeared in our reserve squadron and was detailed to my troop. It did not take me many days to realise that I was up against the most practised malingerer in the British (or any other) army. Did a fatigue prove too irksome; did the jumps in the riding-school loom too large; did the serjeant speak a harsh word unto him, "The Beachcomber" promptly went sick. Malaria was his long ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919 • Various |
