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SCRIMSHANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrimshank mean?
• SCRIMSHANK (verb)
The verb SCRIMSHANK has 1 sense:
1. British military language: avoid work
Familiarity information: SCRIMSHANK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: scrimshanked


Past participle: scrimshanked


-ing form: scrimshanking


Sense 1
Meaning:
British military language: avoid work
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "scrimshank" is one way to...):
fiddle; goldbrick; shirk; shrink from (avoid (one's assigned duties))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
scrimshanker (a shirker)
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