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English

Verb

scrimping

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrimped (?; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n. Scrimping.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D.
krimpen. Cf. Shrimp, Shrink.]
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.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Scrimping \Scrimp"ing\,
a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t.
[1913 Webster]

Scrimping bar, a device used in connection with a calico
printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so
that it may be smooth for printing. --Knight.
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Moby Dictionary
Scotch , canny , careful , chary , cheeseparing , chinchy , chintzy ,
conserving , cooling , cooling down , cooling off , curtailment ,
cutback , economic , economization , economizing , economy ,
economy of assumption , economy of means , elegance , exiguous ,
forehanded , frugal , frugal to excess , frugality , infrequent ,
labor-saving , law of parsimony , low growth rate , meager , miserly ,
money-saving , niggardly , overfrugal , parsimonious ,
parsimoniousness , parsimony , penny-wise ,
penny-wise and pound-foolish , piddling , pinching , poor , provident ,
prudent , prudential , rare , reduction of expenses ,
reduction of spending , retrenchment , saving , scamping , scant ,
scanty , scarce , scattered , scraping , scrimpy , seldom met with ,
seldom seen , skimping , skimpy , slim , slowdown , spare , sparing ,
sparse , spotty , sprinkled , stingy , stinting , thin , thrifty , tight ,
time-saving , too frugal , unwasteful