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   skive

   /skʌɪv/

   verb

   • 1. avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk: "I skived off school"

   noun

   • 1. an instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early.
   • ▪ an easy option.

   Word Origin late 19th century (originally US college slang): probably from French esquiver ‘slink away’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. skiver noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • S

     1

   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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