SCRIMSHANKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrimshanker mean? 

• SCRIMSHANKER (noun)
  The noun SCRIMSHANKER has 1 sense:

1. a shirker

  Familiarity information: SCRIMSHANKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRIMSHANKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shirker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("scrimshanker" is a kind of...):

shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))

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)

Derivation:

scrimshank (British military language: avoid work)