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Verb: scrimshank  skreem-shangk
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Avoid work

Derived forms: scrimshanks, scrimshanked, scrimshanking

Type of: fiddle, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], shirk, shrink from

Nearest

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