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scrimpiness

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scrimp⋅y

  [skrim-pee]
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–adjective, scrimp⋅i⋅er, scrimp⋅i⋅est.
1. scanty; meager; barely adequate.
2. tending to scrimp; frugal; parsimonious.
Origin:
1850–55; scrimp + -y 1

Related forms:
scrimp⋅i⋅ly, adverb
scrimp⋅i⋅ness, noun
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scrimp   (skrĭmp)   
v.   scrimped, scrimp·ing, scrimps

v.   intr.
To economize severely.
v.   tr.

  1. To be excessively sparing with or of.

  2. To cut or make too small or scanty.


[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skrympa, to shrink.]
scrimp'er n., scrimp'i·ness n., scrimp'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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