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Definition of scrimshank in English: scrimshankverbˈskrɪmʃaŋk [no object]British informal (especially of a person in the armed services) shirk one's duty. I was just telling Hilary we saw him scrimshanking yesterday Example sentencesExamples - His step-mother accused him of loitering, of scrimshanking, of scornfully dishing up half-plates of food - more than he had earned, she sneered.
- While their regiment marches back and forth across India, they spend their time boozing, brawling and scrimshanking.
Synonyms malinger, pretend to be ill, fake illness, feign illness
Derivatives nounˈskrɪmʃaŋkə British informal Id campaign to do that, but it sounds like hard work, and Im a bit of a scrimshanker, a mere ersatz of a campaigner. Example sentencesExamples - If it is necessary to wage wars, the world's strongest nation needs a man with abilities, not a scrimshanker with an IQ of 100 meters farm track.
- ‘He was a real skiver and scrimshanker, saved by the love of a wonderful woman,’ he said.
Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin. |