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- noun Plural form of
scrimshanker .
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Examples
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When men "went sick" they were labelled scrimshankers and struck off the course.
The Glory of the Trenches Coningsby Dawson 1921
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'E's' ard on the shirkers and scrimshankers -- e's the sort of bloke what would give you a dose o 'castor oil for earache or frost-bitten feet, but' e's like a mother with the wounded.
Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Vernon Bartlett 1938
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