Definition of "scrimshank" []

• To shirk duty (verb)

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• "The book's showbiz scenarios mock theatrical and film prototypes and stereotypes - the revolving cast and their scrimshank plaster-of-Paris mise-en-scene go round and round on the book's gigantic turntable, a shambolic revue, a whirlwind farce ..."
• "It exposes the shirking scrimshank, who presumably preserves his legs from unnecessary exertion."