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- verb To
shirk duty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb British military language: avoid work
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Examples
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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 ...
Comments for RealityStudio wal 2010
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It exposes the shirking scrimshank, who presumably preserves his legs from unnecessary exertion.
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