subs. (military).—See SCRIMSHANKER and add. quots. infra.
1890. Tit-Bits, 26 April, 35, 1. Of course, besides the dread of being considered a SKRIMSHANKER, a soldier dislikes the necessary restraints of a hospital.
1891. KIPLING, Many Inventions, ‘His Private Honour.’ If Mulvaney stops SCRIMSHANKIN’—gets out o’ ’orspital … I lay your lives will be trouble to you.
