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Verb: scrimshank  skreem-shangk
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Avoid work
    "He's always scrimshanking when there are difficult tasks to be done"

Derived forms: scrimshanks, scrimshanked, scrimshanking

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