Scrimp

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Short; scanty; curtailed.

II. Scrimp ·noun A pinching miser; a niggard.

III. Scrimp ·vt 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.

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