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Word of the Day: part 2



David Lisgo
Japan

Word of the Day: part 2
 
Hello! Part 2 of Word of the Day is here.
A reminder incase you are just logging in now.
 
Today �s word is scrimshanker.
 
If you know the word then forget it and create a new and better definition.  I �m lacking humour generally, being an over serious person, so if you make me laugh for more than 5 seconds your sure to be the winner.
So start scrimshanking or whatever you do when you partake in W.O.D.
 
We already have a couple of definitions and you can see them here: http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=24632#. I will be going to bed soon and when I wake up in the morning the winner will be decided by which side of the bed I get up from.
 
Hoping for some good ones to start my day of well.

29 Nov 2010      





edrodmedina
United States

A scrim is a a finely woven piece of cloth, a shank is a "homemade" knife which convicts make out of whatever materials they can get their hands on. A scrimshanker therefore is a person (usually a convict) who uses a fine woven cloth to cover the handle of his shank so that he won �t hurt his delicate hands as he repeatedly stabs a fellow inmate to death. Ed

29 Nov 2010