It is one of the difficulties of the M.O. to distinguish between a case of genuine illness and a fakir or "scrimshanker," and a good supply of common sense and a knowledge of human nature is a great asset in making correct diagnoses.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Fringe of the Great Fight] Reference

I hear that he is considered locally as rather a scrimshanker " more talk than work. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sleeping Murder]

"Oh, rot, you scrimshanker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tell England A Study in a Generation] Reference

(259) scrimshanker, n. rascal, ne'er-do-well.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference