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scrimpinesses

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scrimp⋅y

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

Origin:
1850–55; scrimp + -y 1


scrimp⋅i⋅ly, adverb
scrimp⋅i⋅ness, noun
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