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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Short; scanty; curtailed. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A pinching miser; a niggard. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. subsist on a meager allowance Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: adambom
  6. 6. v:100 v. subsist on a meager allowance Source: ecdict

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