scrimper
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scrimper — See scrimp. * * * … Universalium
scrimpiness — See scrimper. * * * … Universalium
scrimp — 1. noun A pinching miser; a niggard. 2. verb a) To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten. To scrimp the pattern of a coat … Wiktionary
scrimp — [skrimp] vt. [prob. < Scand, as in Swed skrympa, to shrink, akin to OE scrimman, Ger schrumpfen < IE base * (s)kremb , to turn, twist, shrink] 1. to make too small, short, etc.; skimp 2. to treat stingily; stint vi. to be sparing and… … English World dictionary
