Meaning of scrimshanker | Babel Free

Definitions

A shirker; one who scrimshanks.

UK, slang

Examples

““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.””

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