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scrimshanked

scrimshanked is the simple past and past participle of scrimshank.

Meaning of scrimshank

Verb

scrimshank (third-person singular simple present scrimshanks, present participle scrimshanking, simple past and past participle scrimshanked)

  1. (UK, slang) To shirk duty.

Questions about scrimshanked

What is scrimshanked the simple past and past participle of?
Scrimshanked is the simple past and past participle of scrimshank.

Words near scrimshanked in the dictionary

  1. scrimshander
  2. scrimshandered
  3. scrimshandering
  4. scrimshanders
  5. scrimshank
  6. scrimshanked
  7. scrimshanker
  8. scrimshankers
  9. scrimshanking
  10. scrimshanks
  11. scrimshaw

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