scrimshank

scrimshank

or

skrimshank

vb

(intr) military slang Brit to shirk work

[C19: of unknown origin]

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scrimshank

Past participle: scrimshanked
Gerund: scrimshanking

Imperative

scrimshank

scrimshank

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

scrimshank - British military language: avoid work 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 fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

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Translations

scrimshank

[ˈskrɪmʃæŋk] VI (Brit) (Mil) → racanear, hacer el rácano

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scrimshank

vi (Brit Mil sl) → sich drücken (inf)

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