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scrimshanking

scrimshanking is the present participle and gerund 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 scrimshanking

What is scrimshanking the present participle and gerund of?
Scrimshanking is the present participle and gerund of scrimshank.

Words near scrimshanking in the dictionary

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

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