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Thesaurus: scrimp

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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  1. v. t. 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.
  2. a. Short; scanty; curtailed.
  3. n. A pinching miser; a niggard.
  4. v. subsist on a meager allowance
  5. 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. Short; scanty; curtailed. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
  6. To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put onshort allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp thepattern of a coat.
  7. v:100 v. subsist on a meager allowance