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–verb (used without object)
1.
to scrimp.
–verb (used with object)
2.
to scrimp.
3.
to scamp.
–adjective
4.
skimpy; scanty.
Origin:
1875–80;
orig. uncert.
Related forms:
skimp⋅ing⋅ly,
adverb
Synonyms:
1, 2.
stint, pinch.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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skimp
1879, probably a back-formation of
skimpy
(1842), from
skimp
(adj.) "scanty" (1775), which perhaps ultimately is from an early 18c. alteration of
scrimp
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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