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scrimshank

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scrim⋅shank

  [skrim-shangk]
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–verb (used without object) British Slang.
to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
Origin:
1885–90; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
scrimshanker, noun
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scrimshank

verb
British military language: avoid work 
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