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scrimp


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrimp  \Scrimp\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Scrimped}  (?;  215);  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Scrimping}.]  [Cf.  Dan.  skrumpe  G.  schrumpfen  D. 
  krimpen  Cf  {Shrimp},  {Shrine}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrimp  \Scrimp\,  a. 
  Short;  scanty;  curtailed. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scrimp  \Scrimp\,  n. 
  A  pinching  miser;  a  niggard.  [U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scrimp 
  v  :  scratch  and  scrimp  [syn:  {stint},  {skimp}] 




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