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skimp

  [skimp]
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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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Word Origin & History

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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