Usually means: Avoiding work using deceptive excuses.
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  1. scrimshank: Merriam-Webster
  2. scrimshank: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scrimshank: Collins English Dictionary
  4. scrimshank: Vocabulary.com
  5. scrimshank: Wiktionary
  6. scrimshank: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. scrimshank: Dictionary.com
  8. scrimshank: Rhymezone
  9. scrimshank: FreeDictionary.org
  10. scrimshank: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. scrimshank: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. scrimshank: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.

Similar:
skrimshank, skrimshander, scrimshander, scrunt, scrimshaw, scrawm, scrat, skimp, scrim, skiver, more...

Opposite:
work, labor, toil, exertion

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Similar:
skrimshank, skrimshander, scrimshander, scrunt, scrimshaw, scrawm, scrat, skimp, scrim, skiver, more...

Opposite:
work, labor, toil, exertion



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