Avoider of work (5)

I believe the answer is:

idler

(Other definitions for idler that I've seen before include "Long doleful cry" , "Work-shy individual" , "Someone unemployed" , "Johnson's work" , "Bummer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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