Word Study
scrimping |
scrimpingly |
scrimpness |
scrimption |
scrimpy |
scrimshank
| scrimshanker
| scrimshaw
| scrimy
| scrine
| scringe
scrimshank
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb scrimshank has 1 sense
- scrimshank(v = verb.social) - British military language: avoid work; is one way to fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from
Derived form noun scrimshanker1
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
scrimshank, v.intr. Brit. sl. esp. Mil. shirk duty.
Derivative
scrimshanker n.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
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