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scrimshanker

scrimshanker noun: a shirker; one who scrimshanks.

Noun

scrimshanker (plural scrimshankers)

  1. (UK, slang) A shirker; one who scrimshanks.
    • “As good a boy as I want,” said Revere, the admiring skipper. “The best of the batch,” said the Adjutant to the Colonel. “Keep back that young skrimshanker Porkiss, sir, and let Revere make him sit up.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 142

scrimshanker meaning in Bengali

scrimshanker in Bengali

যিনি কাজ এড়িয়ে চলেন

Forms of scrimshanker

pluralscrimshankers

Origin of scrimshanker

From scrimshank + -er.

Questions about scrimshanker

What does scrimshanker mean?
Scrimshanker means a shirker; one who scrimshanks.
What is scrimshanker in Bengali?
Scrimshanker in Bengali is যিনি কাজ এড়িয়ে চলেন. See Scrimshanker meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is scrimshanker?
Scrimshanker is a noun.
What is the plural of scrimshanker?
The plural of scrimshanker is scrimshankers.

Words near scrimshanker in the dictionary

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

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