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  1. n. A shirker

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a shirker

Examples

  • “It is one of the difficulties of the M.O. to distinguish between a case of genuine illness and a fakir or "scrimshanker," and a good supply of common sense and a knowledge of human nature is a great asset in making correct diagnoses.”

    On the Fringe of the Great Fight

  • “I hear that he is considered locally as rather a scrimshanker " more talk than work. ”

    Sleeping Murder

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  • mollusque I read scrimshander at first Dec 14, 2008

  • garyth123 second meaning would apply to W or dubya Dec 14, 2008

  • frindley Scrimshanker - one who accepts neither responsibility nor work.
    (Maurice De Ville, Chesterfield) Oct 15, 2008

  • reesetee Maybe we shouldn't ask. Oct 1, 2008

  • whichbe For some reason this word is immediately replaced with "rumpshaker" in my mind. Oct 1, 2008

‘scrimshanker’ has been looked up 985 times, added to 11 lists, commented on 5 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.