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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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scrimp'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scrimp.html. 1828.
 
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