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5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb avoid (one's assigned duties)
verb avoid dealing with
originFirst use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).
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