| VERB | social | scrimshank | (British military language) avoid work |
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| Meaning | (British military language) avoid work. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
| Spanish | racanear, remolonear | |
| Nouns | scrimshanker | a shirker |
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