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Scrimp   Listen
verb
Scrimp  v. t.  (past & past part. scrimped; pres. part. scrimping)  To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.






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"Scrimp" Quotes from Famous Books



... a third of the property as your own. I suppose it would be a third; but you might trust the lawyers to settle that properly. When once they take your daughter among them they won't scrimp you in your honours. They'll all swear that the marriage was good enough then. They know that already, and have made this offer because they know it. Your ladyship needn't fear now but what all the world will own you as the Countess Lovel. ...
— Lady Anna • Anthony Trollope



Words linked to "Scrimp" :   stint



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