Scrimp

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
  • (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.
  • (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.

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