Bible Dictionaries
Scrimp
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scrimp'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scrimp.html. 1828.