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  1. v. To shirk duty

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. British military language: avoid work

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  • “The book's showbiz scenarios mock theatrical and film prototypes and stereotypes - the revolving cast and their scrimshank plaster-of-Paris mise-en-scene go round and round on the book's gigantic turntable, a shambolic revue, a whirlwind farce ...”

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  • “It exposes the shirking scrimshank, who presumably preserves his legs from unnecessary exertion.”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 1

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