Definition of Scrimshank

1. Verb. British military language: avoid work.


Definition of Scrimshank

1. Verb. (''UK military slang'') To shirk duty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrimshank

scrimping bar
scrimpingly
scrimpit
scrimple
scrimply
scrimpness
scrimps
scrimptions
scrimpy
scrims
scrimshander
scrimshandered
scrimshandering
scrimshanders
scrimshank (current term)
scrimshanked
scrimshanker
scrimshankers
scrimshanking
scrimshanks
scrimshaw
scrimshawed
scrimshawing
scrimshaws
scrimure
scrimures
scrimy
scrine
scrines

Literary usage of Scrimshank

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... thee i' a pinched cloak as if old Moll's tail here were docked too short.—Mrs. Gaskell: Sylvia's Lovers. scrimshank, to (military), to shirk one's duty. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English and French Military Terms by Albert Barrère (1895)
"... à filets carrés. to , visser. travelling (of ), course, f. scrimshank, to, argot militaire ' tirer au fianc,' etc. ..."

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