单词	scrimshank
释义	scrimshank /ˈskrɪmʃaŋk / verb [no object] British informal (Especially of a person in the armed services) shirk one’s duty: I was just telling Hilary we saw him scrimshanking yesterday... His step-mother accused him of loitering, of scrimshanking, of scornfully dishing up half-plates of food - more than he had earned, she sneered. While their regiment marches back and forth across India, they spend their time boozing, brawling and scrimshanking. Derivatives scrimshanker /ˈskrɪmʃaŋkə/ noun ... ‘He was a real skiver and scrimshanker, saved by the love of a wonderful woman,’ he said. I’d campaign to do that, but it sounds like hard work, and I’m a bit of a scrimshanker, a mere ersatz of a campaigner. If it is necessary to wage wars, the world's strongest nation needs a man with abilities, not a scrimshanker with an IQ of 100 meters farm track. Origin Late 19th century: of unknown origin.
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